Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 71
... followed him . Galya was too short - sighted to notice my disappearance . The man was the embodiment of all my ocean - going dreams . I had often imagined the sea , stormy or misty or calm in the gold evening , and myself on a distant ...
... followed him . Galya was too short - sighted to notice my disappearance . The man was the embodiment of all my ocean - going dreams . I had often imagined the sea , stormy or misty or calm in the gold evening , and myself on a distant ...
Page 90
... followed him . The freckled schoolboy was lying on the stairs . He lifted his hand and clutched at a banister , then his fingers opened and he lay still , looking at us with a puzzled smile . The supervisors were bustling round him ...
... followed him . The freckled schoolboy was lying on the stairs . He lifted his hand and clutched at a banister , then his fingers opened and he lay still , looking at us with a puzzled smile . The supervisors were bustling round him ...
Page 267
... followed it in the same direction , shaking the ground . " The Prophet Elijah driving his carriage in heaven , ' said Gleb . The edges of the cloud curved downwards . There were yellow eddies in it , and black caverns where the ...
... followed it in the same direction , shaking the ground . " The Prophet Elijah driving his carriage in heaven , ' said Gleb . The edges of the cloud curved downwards . There were yellow eddies in it , and black caverns where the ...
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