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and , dragging him off the platform , pushed him back into the crowd , where he stood , embarrassed , blowing his nose , wiping it on the skirt of his greatcoat , and shaking his head with a puzzled frown . Shock tactics were needed to ...
and , dragging him off the platform , pushed him back into the crowd , where he stood , embarrassed , blowing his nose , wiping it on the skirt of his greatcoat , and shaking his head with a puzzled frown . Shock tactics were needed to ...
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came a coarse but clear and determined voice from the crowd . ' Off to the Taganka ! ' the crowd cheerfully took up . ' You , up there , whoever is nearest , haul him off the monument . ' ... usurpation of authority !
came a coarse but clear and determined voice from the crowd . ' Off to the Taganka ! ' the crowd cheerfully took up . ' You , up there , whoever is nearest , haul him off the monument . ' ... usurpation of authority !
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For several minutes the crowd , fascinated , holding its breath , watched the Kaiser's terrifying war - dance over Russia's prostrate body . Then it growled . Wiping his flushed face with a scented handkerchief , Thomas put on his ...
For several minutes the crowd , fascinated , holding its breath , watched the Kaiser's terrifying war - dance over Russia's prostrate body . Then it growled . Wiping his flushed face with a scented handkerchief , Thomas put on his ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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