Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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... Its solid green was almost impene- trable to the sun . Only once in a while would a solitary shaft reveal the ... its side on the trampled grass , panting and gently stirring its fins . Its scales had the wonderful smell of its ...
... Its solid green was almost impene- trable to the sun . Only once in a while would a solitary shaft reveal the ... its side on the trampled grass , panting and gently stirring its fins . Its scales had the wonderful smell of its ...
Page 69
... its height , and the damp smell of new grass and the whispering of newly unfolded leaves poured over the garden walls into the streets . There were caterpillars on the pavements even in the Kreshchatik . The wind swept fallen petals ...
... its height , and the damp smell of new grass and the whispering of newly unfolded leaves poured over the garden walls into the streets . There were caterpillars on the pavements even in the Kreshchatik . The wind swept fallen petals ...
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... its fields of buckwheat , its thatch and its beehives . To define what exactly was the influence upon us of the sum of all these varied , unrelated things would be impossible , but the influence certainly existed , and it imposed its ...
... its fields of buckwheat , its thatch and its beehives . To define what exactly was the influence upon us of the sum of all these varied , unrelated things would be impossible , but the influence certainly existed , and it imposed its ...
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