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Page 8
My carriage is light and my horses are weak. They're only gypsy horses, they'll
never pull us across. We'll all drown, the carriage, the horses, the young man and
the old driver. As to going, of course we can go. Why not? As you yourself know, ...
My carriage is light and my horses are weak. They're only gypsy horses, they'll
never pull us across. We'll all drown, the carriage, the horses, the young man and
the old driver. As to going, of course we can go. Why not? As you yourself know, ...
Page 19
'On the seventh night a rider pulled up outside and dismounted and tied up the
horse. Fearing to show himself, Ostap sat and waited, his hands over his face. '
He heard light footsteps and a light breath, and he felt a pair of gentle arms ...
'On the seventh night a rider pulled up outside and dismounted and tied up the
horse. Fearing to show himself, Ostap sat and waited, his hands over his face. '
He heard light footsteps and a light breath, and he felt a pair of gentle arms ...
Page 41
Hurrying, in her white dress of light silk with a train and puffed sleeves, she did
not so much walk in as alight like a thin, graceful, shimmering bird. She was
breathing fast and a yellow rose fluttered on her breast. It seemed as if all the
light and ...
Hurrying, in her white dress of light silk with a train and puffed sleeves, she did
not so much walk in as alight like a thin, graceful, shimmering bird. She was
breathing fast and a yellow rose fluttered on her breast. It seemed as if all the
light and ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a life, Volume 1 Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Harvill P., 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 227 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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