Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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... flowers . For some reason they made me think of the sea- a distant , southern sea washing a shore which blossomed ... flowers gave him asthma . I used to think of flowers as people . Mignonette was an im- poverished girl in a patched ...
... flowers . For some reason they made me think of the sea- a distant , southern sea washing a shore which blossomed ... flowers gave him asthma . I used to think of flowers as people . Mignonette was an im- poverished girl in a patched ...
Page 76
... flowers growing along its bank ; the current caught at their stems , shaking and bending them but unable to tear them from their stony ground and sweep them away with it into the gorge . Mama scooped a cupful of water and gave me a ...
... flowers growing along its bank ; the current caught at their stems , shaking and bending them but unable to tear them from their stony ground and sweep them away with it into the gorge . Mama scooped a cupful of water and gave me a ...
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... flowers to put on the grave . They were ordinary wild flowers ; we had picked them in the woods and fields and Mama had packed them between layers of damp moss and covered them with a damp cloth to keep them fresh . We felt sure wild ...
... flowers to put on the grave . They were ordinary wild flowers ; we had picked them in the woods and fields and Mama had packed them between layers of damp moss and covered them with a damp cloth to keep them fresh . We felt sure wild ...
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