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Page 51
... holding their hands in little muffs . The school- boys skated either backwards or " pistol - style " -crouching on one leg and holding the other out straight . This was considered most stylish of all . I envied them . I would come home ...
... holding their hands in little muffs . The school- boys skated either backwards or " pistol - style " -crouching on one leg and holding the other out straight . This was considered most stylish of all . I envied them . I would come home ...
Page 365
... holding his service in the middle of the night , celebrating the great litany for the downtrodden . I stretched out my hand for the box of cigarettes on the chair , but just then a whistling started over the roof of the house , a crim ...
... holding his service in the middle of the night , celebrating the great litany for the downtrodden . I stretched out my hand for the box of cigarettes on the chair , but just then a whistling started over the roof of the house , a crim ...
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... Holding the key in his hands , he hid behind the gate . When the two men ran by , he opened the gate , stuck out his arm with the key ( he was holding it like a pistol , and from a distance it really looked as if he had one in his hand ) ...
... Holding the key in his hands , he hid behind the gate . When the two men ran by , he opened the gate , stuck out his arm with the key ( he was holding it like a pistol , and from a distance it really looked as if he had one in his hand ) ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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