The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 64
... sitting here for , twirling your moustache ? Just look at your boots ! Take them off at once and give them to this ... sit down . Why so sad ? What's the matter ? ' ' Well , I've just written a play . ' ' You ought to be pleased , if you ...
... sitting here for , twirling your moustache ? Just look at your boots ! Take them off at once and give them to this ... sit down . Why so sad ? What's the matter ? ' ' Well , I've just written a play . ' ' You ought to be pleased , if you ...
Page 88
... sitting on the sofa , with his arm round his knees , coughing painfully and wheezily and then gasping for breath with his mouth convulsively open . I would get up , put a little saltpetre and some kind of dry herb in a piece of ...
... sitting on the sofa , with his arm round his knees , coughing painfully and wheezily and then gasping for breath with his mouth convulsively open . I would get up , put a little saltpetre and some kind of dry herb in a piece of ...
Page 154
... sitting on the edge of the wide road . Not one of the eagles so much as moved , though the vehicle almost touched them as it tore past . The eagles did not even bother to turn their heads to look at us and at the dusty , thundering ...
... sitting on the edge of the wide road . Not one of the eagles so much as moved , though the vehicle almost touched them as it tore past . The eagles did not even bother to turn their heads to look at us and at the dusty , thundering ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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