Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 108
... front page , bewildered lost - looking people in the streets , and crowds of students in front of the university . They stood in complete silence . Every one had a black crepe arm band . Someone I didn't know pinned an arm band to the ...
... front page , bewildered lost - looking people in the streets , and crowds of students in front of the university . They stood in complete silence . Every one had a black crepe arm band . Someone I didn't know pinned an arm band to the ...
Page 212
... front of us . It stood under the willows on the edge of the Braginka . Behind it the ground , falling away to the river , was thickly overgrown with nettles and hemlock . From this scented undergrowth came the anxious squawking of ...
... front of us . It stood under the willows on the edge of the Braginka . Behind it the ground , falling away to the river , was thickly overgrown with nettles and hemlock . From this scented undergrowth came the anxious squawking of ...
Page 236
... front of me . He had a slight nervous twitch in his cheek . With a distracted smile which only touched his eyes , he asked my name . I told him . ' Are you a Ukrainian ? ' " Yes , Your Majesty . ' His glance passed to the next boy . He ...
... front of me . He had a slight nervous twitch in his cheek . With a distracted smile which only touched his eyes , he asked my name . I told him . ' Are you a Ukrainian ? ' " Yes , Your Majesty . ' His glance passed to the next boy . He ...
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