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Page 148
The snow and ice become so welded together with the traffic that they pack into high narrow roads , and when the thaw comes ... I have driven , jaundiced with fright , for a couple of hours across Lake Narocz , the road actually sinking ...
The snow and ice become so welded together with the traffic that they pack into high narrow roads , and when the thaw comes ... I have driven , jaundiced with fright , for a couple of hours across Lake Narocz , the road actually sinking ...
Page 186
The road climbed through a winding valley into the border hills , the higher summits crowned by obos , or sacred cairns . The drab coloured , rocky soil had received a touch of greenery from patches of summer grass and small fields of ...
The road climbed through a winding valley into the border hills , the higher summits crowned by obos , or sacred cairns . The drab coloured , rocky soil had received a touch of greenery from patches of summer grass and small fields of ...
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I have just heard men say that the direct road is not good to go upon , so that we must follow a side road ; thus it will be all right . " So saying , he started the engine , and turned to the left among some crazy hovels that seemed to ...
I have just heard men say that the direct road is not good to go upon , so that we must follow a side road ; thus it will be all right . " So saying , he started the engine , and turned to the left among some crazy hovels that seemed to ...
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