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Page 89
It would go completely only on those warm days by the sea when you could dip
your hand into the water and not feel cold, and it was possible to lie face
downwards on the hot stones of the breakwater in the harbour and get warm
through and ...
It would go completely only on those warm days by the sea when you could dip
your hand into the water and not feel cold, and it was possible to lie face
downwards on the hot stones of the breakwater in the harbour and get warm
through and ...
Page 143
'Fall asleep, my dear grandmother, in front of the warm fire in the hearth.' The
garfon brought us a grey-haired and angry-looking taxi driver, Monsieur Maurice,
who quite unexpectedly turned out to be a kind, good-humoured man, and he ...
'Fall asleep, my dear grandmother, in front of the warm fire in the hearth.' The
garfon brought us a grey-haired and angry-looking taxi driver, Monsieur Maurice,
who quite unexpectedly turned out to be a kind, good-humoured man, and he ...
Page 181
birch leaves warmed by the sun, reached such intensity that I could hardly
restrain myself from jumping up, rushing off to the railway station, and taking a
train back to the northern forests, if only to spend perhaps no more than two or
three ...
birch leaves warmed by the sun, reached such intensity that I could hardly
restrain myself from jumping up, rushing off to the railway station, and taking a
train back to the northern forests, if only to spend perhaps no more than two or
three ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 6 Story of a Life, Story of a Life |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1974 |
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