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Page 43
... opened fire on the Governor Gen- eral's palace and on the Cossacks ' barracks . But the battery fired too little and badly , and not a single shell fell either on the palace or on the barracks . Uncle Yusia was very nervous that day ...
... opened fire on the Governor Gen- eral's palace and on the Cossacks ' barracks . But the battery fired too little and badly , and not a single shell fell either on the palace or on the barracks . Uncle Yusia was very nervous that day ...
Page 304
... opened the door , sat on the platform for several hours swinging my legs , staring at the Polish fields and woods , trying to see traces of the war which was so close . But there were none to be seen . Villages went by with morning ...
... opened the door , sat on the platform for several hours swinging my legs , staring at the Polish fields and woods , trying to see traces of the war which was so close . But there were none to be seen . Villages went by with morning ...
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... opened the door out on to the staircase , went out , and slammed the door so hard that something fell and broke with a loud crash inside the professor's apartment . I stopped on the landing . The door was opened at once on its little ...
... opened the door out on to the staircase , went out , and slammed the door so hard that something fell and broke with a loud crash inside the professor's apartment . I stopped on the landing . The door was opened at once on its little ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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