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Page 117
Sometimes , looking at us , he would shake his head sadly : ' Call yourselves an
army ! With that Lilliput Shah at your head . A rabble of runts and guttersnipes .
We spent a few days being casually taught to march and to use rifles and hand ...
Sometimes , looking at us , he would shake his head sadly : ' Call yourselves an
army ! With that Lilliput Shah at your head . A rabble of runts and guttersnipes .
We spent a few days being casually taught to march and to use rifles and hand ...
Page 125
They ' d make it dirty as soon as look at it and I swear to you on my old mother ' s
head , I ' ve never had anything better than this in my life . I may be as crooked as
you like , an honest - to - God thief , you might say , but I ' d never sink so low as ...
They ' d make it dirty as soon as look at it and I swear to you on my old mother ' s
head , I ' ve never had anything better than this in my life . I may be as crooked as
you like , an honest - to - God thief , you might say , but I ' d never sink so low as ...
Page 154
... trousers , instead of fighting for the peasants of the world and dying as heroes
on the battlefield ! Look at the egg - head bastards all after cushy jobs to which
they have no right ! ' I see them , Comrade Commander , ' the officer said wearily .
... trousers , instead of fighting for the peasants of the world and dying as heroes
on the battlefield ! Look at the egg - head bastards all after cushy jobs to which
they have no right ! ' I see them , Comrade Commander , ' the officer said wearily .
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