Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 118
... pince - nez and stood rubbing the lenses with his handkerchief . ' Kostik , ' said Mama . ' Go along to the river and call your father . He can leave his fishing for once . ' She spoke as if he could already have heard the news and was ...
... pince - nez and stood rubbing the lenses with his handkerchief . ' Kostik , ' said Mama . ' Go along to the river and call your father . He can leave his fishing for once . ' She spoke as if he could already have heard the news and was ...
Page 160
... pince - nez . They called Karavayev a Don Quixote and said that groceries were a triviality and co - operatives did no good because what the country needed was a great upheaval . At this Karavayev started to jingle his spurs and to sing ...
... pince - nez . They called Karavayev a Don Quixote and said that groceries were a triviality and co - operatives did no good because what the country needed was a great upheaval . At this Karavayev started to jingle his spurs and to sing ...
Page 275
... pince - nez and gave me a look of shocked amazement . ' A lot of people want to be writers . I wouldn't mind being a Leo Tolstoy myself . ' ' But I've already started to write . . I've had some things published . ' ' In that case ...
... pince - nez and gave me a look of shocked amazement . ' A lot of people want to be writers . I wouldn't mind being a Leo Tolstoy myself . ' ' But I've already started to write . . I've had some things published . ' ' In that case ...
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