Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 76
... felt a cool breath on my face . ' Here we are , right at the pass itself , ' said the driver , stopping the horses and getting out to put brake - shoes under the wheels . Over the ridge we could see densely wooded hills rolling to the ...
... felt a cool breath on my face . ' Here we are , right at the pass itself , ' said the driver , stopping the horses and getting out to put brake - shoes under the wheels . Over the ridge we could see densely wooded hills rolling to the ...
Page 86
... felt uncomfortable , self - conscious and for a time estranged from myself — as if the boy in the heavy cap , whom I saw in the mirror , were someone else . The reason I took a par- ticular dislike to the stiff blue cap with its ...
... felt uncomfortable , self - conscious and for a time estranged from myself — as if the boy in the heavy cap , whom I saw in the mirror , were someone else . The reason I took a par- ticular dislike to the stiff blue cap with its ...
Page 158
... felt ashamed of picking up cabbages in front of the passers - by , now I felt so ashamed of myself that tears came to my eyes . I threw myself on the remaining cabbages in a frenzy and , in passing , cuffed the ears of a small boy , the ...
... felt ashamed of picking up cabbages in front of the passers - by , now I felt so ashamed of myself that tears came to my eyes . I threw myself on the remaining cabbages in a frenzy and , in passing , cuffed the ears of a small boy , the ...
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