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Page 10
Raising tragic eyes to heaven , he shrugged his shoulders , climbed with dignity
off the pedestal and disappeared into the crowd . The meetings at the Pushkin
Monument dealt with a variety of themes but , as they say now , always kept ' to a
...
Raising tragic eyes to heaven , he shrugged his shoulders , climbed with dignity
off the pedestal and disappeared into the crowd . The meetings at the Pushkin
Monument dealt with a variety of themes but , as they say now , always kept ' to a
...
Page 73
A small , pale child of about ten , in a faded pink frock , was gazing at me
imploringly out of eyes as grey and round as pewter saucers . ' Please , Uncle , '
she said in a hoarse , conspiratorial voice . " Just one little one ! Please , Uncle !
Give !
A small , pale child of about ten , in a faded pink frock , was gazing at me
imploringly out of eyes as grey and round as pewter saucers . ' Please , Uncle , '
she said in a hoarse , conspiratorial voice . " Just one little one ! Please , Uncle !
Give !
Page 209
I opened my eyes , glanced at the bedside table , and felt the hair rise on my
head — the thermometer was very slowly rolling towards the edge of the table . I
wanted to shout but my voice died in my throat . I could see Yasha ' s terror -
stricken ...
I opened my eyes , glanced at the bedside table , and felt the hair rise on my
head — the thermometer was very slowly rolling towards the edge of the table . I
wanted to shout but my voice died in my throat . I could see Yasha ' s terror -
stricken ...
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Contents
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
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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