Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 42
... Lisa , plump and cheerful , met us at the station in Smela and we set off in a carriage and pair through the clean , pretty little town . At the foot of the steep green hills the river Tasmin had flooded its banks and now flowed from ...
... Lisa , plump and cheerful , met us at the station in Smela and we set off in a carriage and pair through the clean , pretty little town . At the foot of the steep green hills the river Tasmin had flooded its banks and now flowed from ...
Page 58
... Lisa's grey face turned a deep red and , to my astonishment , she curtsied to Mama . Her father was still out with his friends , drowning his sorrows in the pubs on the Demyanovka . Lisa took the parrot , blushing more and more and ...
... Lisa's grey face turned a deep red and , to my astonishment , she curtsied to Mama . Her father was still out with his friends , drowning his sorrows in the pubs on the Demyanovka . Lisa took the parrot , blushing more and more and ...
Page 145
... Lisa fed the stoves with yellow acacia wood . The trees shed their leaves ; they were greyish and veined lilac , instead of golden as at home in Kiev . The waves came silently out of the fog , broke on the beach and went silently back ...
... Lisa fed the stoves with yellow acacia wood . The trees shed their leaves ; they were greyish and veined lilac , instead of golden as at home in Kiev . The waves came silently out of the fog , broke on the beach and went silently back ...
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