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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 grip the
crowd ...
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 grip the
crowd ...
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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!' Rachinsky shouted
despairingly.
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!' Rachinsky shouted
despairingly.
Page 13
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 glossy
topper at its ...
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 glossy
topper at its ...
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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, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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