Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1965 |
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Page 53
... smell of timbered Turkish houses in general . They smelled , he said , of the warm dust of rotting wood and of honey , especially on hot still afternoons when , if you touched the verandah railing , it blistered your hand . The smell of ...
... smell of timbered Turkish houses in general . They smelled , he said , of the warm dust of rotting wood and of honey , especially on hot still afternoons when , if you touched the verandah railing , it blistered your hand . The smell of ...
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... smell . On rare occasions , I bought roast chestnuts , sold in the street by old women in heavy fringed shawls . They sat on low stools on the pavement , roasting the chestnuts on braziers and sighing . The chestnuts crackled , burst ...
... smell . On rare occasions , I bought roast chestnuts , sold in the street by old women in heavy fringed shawls . They sat on low stools on the pavement , roasting the chestnuts on braziers and sighing . The chestnuts crackled , burst ...
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... smell of the fog — a faint smell of coal and steam . It was the smell of railway stations , ports , decks , of travelling , of long sea and land routes , of distant pink islands floating past in the violet - blue light of the Aegean ...
... smell of the fog — a faint smell of coal and steam . It was the smell of railway stations , ports , decks , of travelling , of long sea and land routes , of distant pink islands floating past in the violet - blue light of the Aegean ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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