The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 24
... began the service . Being deaf he could not hear himself speak and therefore either shouted his prayers at the top of his voice or else mumbled them in a barely audible whisper , almost falling asleep as he did so . I threw open the dry ...
... began the service . Being deaf he could not hear himself speak and therefore either shouted his prayers at the top of his voice or else mumbled them in a barely audible whisper , almost falling asleep as he did so . I threw open the dry ...
Page 150
... began to write in a different way - with greater simplicity and reserve , avoiding showy things and grasp- ing the power and poetry of the most unassuming souls and seemingly most insignificant things as the breeze over the common ...
... began to write in a different way - with greater simplicity and reserve , avoiding showy things and grasp- ing the power and poetry of the most unassuming souls and seemingly most insignificant things as the breeze over the common ...
Page 211
... began early in the season . The neighbouring forests turned yellow in a matter of two or three nights . I love autumn more than any other time of the year . Perhaps because so little time is allotted to it with its life of rustling ...
... began early in the season . The neighbouring forests turned yellow in a matter of two or three nights . I love autumn more than any other time of the year . Perhaps because so little time is allotted to it with its life of rustling ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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