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Page 105
We all stood up. "On the occasion of the imperial manifesto on the granting of civil
liberties to our people," Bodyansky said, "all classes in the gymnasium will be
canceled for three days. I congratulate you ! Put your books away and go on
home ...
We all stood up. "On the occasion of the imperial manifesto on the granting of civil
liberties to our people," Bodyansky said, "all classes in the gymnasium will be
canceled for three days. I congratulate you ! Put your books away and go on
home ...
Page 161
Then Regame, a French pupil, stood up and told Monsieur Govasse politely and
in a magnificent Parisian accent that it was the custom in Russia to pray before
each lesson. Monsieur Govasse accepted this with a superior smile, obviously ...
Then Regame, a French pupil, stood up and told Monsieur Govasse politely and
in a magnificent Parisian accent that it was the custom in Russia to pray before
each lesson. Monsieur Govasse accepted this with a superior smile, obviously ...
Page 308
We stood there for a long time looking at the spurs of the Carpathians. They lay
heavily in the distance, like clouds. A guard walked up to us, and also stood and
looked. "No matter how hard you try," he said at last, "you can't get used to
strange ...
We stood there for a long time looking at the spurs of the Carpathians. They lay
heavily in the distance, like clouds. A guard walked up to us, and also stood and
looked. "No matter how hard you try," he said at last, "you can't get used to
strange ...
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Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 2 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2009 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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