Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1965 |
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Page 72
... eyes until I came to the low bank of the Moskva . Across the river , leafy slopes ran down from Noyevsky Park to the edge of the water . The faint film of oil on the water made rainbow patterns weaving in and out as on a gypsy's shawl ...
... eyes until I came to the low bank of the Moskva . Across the river , leafy slopes ran down from Noyevsky Park to the edge of the water . The faint film of oil on the water made rainbow patterns weaving in and out as on a gypsy's shawl ...
Page 83
... eyes would open a slit and give me a friendly look , as though to say : ' Working ? That's right , you get on with it . I'll just have another little snooze . ' But one night , the cat twitched its ears this way and that , looked at me ...
... eyes would open a slit and give me a friendly look , as though to say : ' Working ? That's right , you get on with it . I'll just have another little snooze . ' But one night , the cat twitched its ears this way and that , looked at me ...
Page 209
... eye . Nazarov took my temperature but forgot his orders . He left the thermometer on the bedside table and went out . I ... eyes . He too was watching the thermo- meter , motionless . The thermometer rolled off and broke . I suppose from ...
... eye . Nazarov took my temperature but forgot his orders . He left the thermometer on the bedside table and went out . I ... eyes . He too was watching the thermo- meter , motionless . The thermometer rolled off and broke . I suppose from ...
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Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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