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Page 192
The voices of the beggars could just barely be heard through the wall. I was tired
from the jolting of the wagon and from the long hot day, so right after tea I lay
down on the hay spread on the ground. I slept all night soaked in perspiration.
The voices of the beggars could just barely be heard through the wall. I was tired
from the jolting of the wagon and from the long hot day, so right after tea I lay
down on the hay spread on the ground. I slept all night soaked in perspiration.
Page 272
bass voice "How the king went to war," so loudly — probably in spite — that all
the canary owners packed up their birds and took them out of the tavern. A
canary's a nervous character; if you frighten it, it will stop singing altogether, and
then it's ...
bass voice "How the king went to war," so loudly — probably in spite — that all
the canary owners packed up their birds and took them out of the tavern. A
canary's a nervous character; if you frighten it, it will stop singing altogether, and
then it's ...
Page 605
We were all literate, of course, but a good many suspected something in
Antoshchenko's voice, so only ten or fifteen men stepped forward. This did not
surprise Antoshchenko in the slightest. "Are any of you musicians?" he asked
again in his ...
We were all literate, of course, but a good many suspected something in
Antoshchenko's voice, so only ten or fifteen men stepped forward. This did not
surprise Antoshchenko in the slightest. "Are any of you musicians?" he asked
again in his ...
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Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 1 The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Константин Паустовский |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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