The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 22
... give him such a shake - just one - his legs fold up and turn to water . Then I give him another good shake and he finds his legs again ! I take no other measures . Out of compassion . ' Father Peter seemed to shrivel up . The plaits at ...
... give him such a shake - just one - his legs fold up and turn to water . Then I give him another good shake and he finds his legs again ! I take no other measures . Out of compassion . ' Father Peter seemed to shrivel up . The plaits at ...
Page 108
... give people a false sense of security and well - being . " Thank God it does give them a sense of well - being , ' old Mrs Shatsky would say , ' at least it gives them time to think a little and get back their morale . All these ...
... give people a false sense of security and well - being . " Thank God it does give them a sense of well - being , ' old Mrs Shatsky would say , ' at least it gives them time to think a little and get back their morale . All these ...
Page 109
... give a little scream and look at me nervously , hoping I would not believe all this . Whenever the geologist launched out on the theme of the Devonian limestone Nina would signal to me unobtrusively that I should listen and not argue ...
... give a little scream and look at me nervously , hoping I would not believe all this . Whenever the geologist launched out on the theme of the Devonian limestone Nina would signal to me unobtrusively that I should listen and not argue ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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