Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 70
... Dnieper , it had fountains playing on its lawns , and its walls of white and purple lilac , three times a man's height , swayed and hummed with their multitude of bees . The parks stretched in a wide belt along the tops of the red ...
... Dnieper , it had fountains playing on its lawns , and its walls of white and purple lilac , three times a man's height , swayed and hummed with their multitude of bees . The parks stretched in a wide belt along the tops of the red ...
Page 81
... Dnieper . I could see the Kiev Lavra1 against the background of Kiev in the distance , and the S.L. 81 F shallows of the Dnieper where it silted up against the The Forest of Bryansk.
... Dnieper . I could see the Kiev Lavra1 against the background of Kiev in the distance , and the S.L. 81 F shallows of the Dnieper where it silted up against the The Forest of Bryansk.
Page 202
... Dnieper . It was late at night but I couldn't sleep in the airless cabin . I went on deck . It was pitch dark . The wind , blowing out of the darkness , carried drops of rain . An old peasant in a patched coat stood look- ing up at the ...
... Dnieper . It was late at night but I couldn't sleep in the airless cabin . I went on deck . It was pitch dark . The wind , blowing out of the darkness , carried drops of rain . An old peasant in a patched coat stood look- ing up at the ...
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