Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 38
... smoke and listen to conversation of every sort . Every plot had its scarecrow to keep away the sparrows . They were made to look like tramps in sailors ' vests and bell - bottoms made of sacking . A battered bowler hat or a child's ...
... smoke and listen to conversation of every sort . Every plot had its scarecrow to keep away the sparrows . They were made to look like tramps in sailors ' vests and bell - bottoms made of sacking . A battered bowler hat or a child's ...
Page 80
Константин Паустовский. He sang , smoked and enjoyed himself , never suspecting that his day of glory was at hand . An ... smoke from a ship's funnel . The experienced sailors sat in unbuttoned tunics and damp striped vests , they mopped ...
Константин Паустовский. He sang , smoked and enjoyed himself , never suspecting that his day of glory was at hand . An ... smoke from a ship's funnel . The experienced sailors sat in unbuttoned tunics and damp striped vests , they mopped ...
Page 153
... smokes with heat like a huge fire on a still day . Her coast smells of flint from which a spark has just been struck ... smoke , and lavatory deodorants . You really get the feel of the sea only in places where its smells have been ...
... smokes with heat like a huge fire on a still day . Her coast smells of flint from which a spark has just been struck ... smoke , and lavatory deodorants . You really get the feel of the sea only in places where its smells have been ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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