Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 34
... looked out . An apple orchard , dappled with sun , spread over the slope of the hill . I walked in warily . A faint but melodious peal came from the belfry . A young Polish peasant woman was sitting under an old apple tree suckling her ...
... looked out . An apple orchard , dappled with sun , spread over the slope of the hill . I walked in warily . A faint but melodious peal came from the belfry . A young Polish peasant woman was sitting under an old apple tree suckling her ...
Page 125
... looked remarkably like him . One day I had looked into his room through the balcony door and found him humming a tune and cleaning a shiny black revolver ; a handful of brass bullets lay on the open text - book on his desk . As soon as ...
... looked remarkably like him . One day I had looked into his room through the balcony door and found him humming a tune and cleaning a shiny black revolver ; a handful of brass bullets lay on the open text - book on his desk . As soon as ...
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... looked into the cold future with the eyes of a sick child . All my life I have been grateful to Selikhanovich for awakening in me the love of poetry . It was poetry that revealed to me the possibilities of language . It refreshed the ...
... looked into the cold future with the eyes of a sick child . All my life I have been grateful to Selikhanovich for awakening in me the love of poetry . It was poetry that revealed to me the possibilities of language . It refreshed the ...
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