Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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... lived in my early childhood — its thickets and wattle fences , the tall pumps by the wells and the rocks along the shore ; they cut the river into several strong streams . Long ago my father and I had fished for whiskered gudgeon from ...
... lived in my early childhood — its thickets and wattle fences , the tall pumps by the wells and the rocks along the shore ; they cut the river into several strong streams . Long ago my father and I had fished for whiskered gudgeon from ...
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... lived in the town of Cherkassy on the Dnieper . She had many daughters and she lived in a wooden house with one of them , my Aunt Euphrosine who was the headmistress of the Cherkassy High School for girls . Vikentia Ivanovna always ...
... lived in the town of Cherkassy on the Dnieper . She had many daughters and she lived in a wooden house with one of them , my Aunt Euphrosine who was the headmistress of the Cherkassy High School for girls . Vikentia Ivanovna always ...
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... lived by himself in a small rented room . A stocky boy with a strand of chestnut hair falling over his forehead , Fitsovsky had an unshakable equanimity and regarded almost everything as an unnecessary fuss . He had various ...
... lived by himself in a small rented room . A stocky boy with a strand of chestnut hair falling over his forehead , Fitsovsky had an unshakable equanimity and regarded almost everything as an unnecessary fuss . He had various ...
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