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Page 64
Sverdlov took his hand away from the bell and smiled as he listened to the
speeches. This, perhaps more than anything else, reassured the deputies:
Sverdlov seldom smiled. Nearly all the scheduled speakers had had their turn
when Martov ...
Sverdlov took his hand away from the bell and smiled as he listened to the
speeches. This, perhaps more than anything else, reassured the deputies:
Sverdlov seldom smiled. Nearly all the scheduled speakers had had their turn
when Martov ...
Page 87
He quietly looked me over and suddenly smiled. I smiled back. 'Well, what's your
story?' he asked, lighting a pipe. 'Only make it snappy. I haven't much time to
waste with you.' I frankly told him everything and showed him my documents.
He quietly looked me over and suddenly smiled. I smiled back. 'Well, what's your
story?' he asked, lighting a pipe. 'Only make it snappy. I haven't much time to
waste with you.' I frankly told him everything and showed him my documents.
Page 197
This was Nestor Makhno. The guard, rigid, one arm stretched straight out, held
the green flag in his right hand and saluted with the left. At the same time he
smiled. I can think of nothing more terrifying than that smile. It was not a smile at
all.
This was Nestor Makhno. The guard, rigid, one arm stretched straight out, held
the green flag in his right hand and saluted with the left. At the same time he
smiled. I can think of nothing more terrifying than that smile. It was not a smile at
all.
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Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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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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