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... poetry as without barricades , or kisses . But it was not long before I realized that the attraction of French poetry for me was cold and glittering , while right beside it was the gold mine of living , pure Russian poetry . We grew up ...
... poetry as without barricades , or kisses . But it was not long before I realized that the attraction of French poetry for me was cold and glittering , while right beside it was the gold mine of living , pure Russian poetry . We grew up ...
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... poets whose books I took from the library . It was the music in poetry which conquered me then . All the singing richness of the Russian language showed itself in this poetry . I could repeat my favorite lines almost with- out stopping ...
... poets whose books I took from the library . It was the music in poetry which conquered me then . All the singing richness of the Russian language showed itself in this poetry . I could repeat my favorite lines almost with- out stopping ...
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... poetry . Our first contact with an idea , handed down to us from time im- memorial , is always fresh and young . We , people of the twentieth century , receive the idea with the same novelty and impact as our ancestors who first wrote ...
... poetry . Our first contact with an idea , handed down to us from time im- memorial , is always fresh and young . We , people of the twentieth century , receive the idea with the same novelty and impact as our ancestors who first wrote ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich ΙΟ | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
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