Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 55
... playing the accordion . For a little extra she would play the ' Marseillaise ' . On such occasions a boy was posted as look - out at the gate to watch for the policeman who patrolled the street . Not only did she play the ' Marseillaise ...
... playing the accordion . For a little extra she would play the ' Marseillaise ' . On such occasions a boy was posted as look - out at the gate to watch for the policeman who patrolled the street . Not only did she play the ' Marseillaise ...
Page 64
... play I was taken to was The Storming of Ismail . I took a dislike to it when I noticed a bespectacled man in shiny velvet trousers who stood in the wings beside Suvorov and at a given moment shoved him so hard in the back that the ...
... play I was taken to was The Storming of Ismail . I took a dislike to it when I noticed a bespectacled man in shiny velvet trousers who stood in the wings beside Suvorov and at a given moment shoved him so hard in the back that the ...
Page 220
... play something cheerful ? ' and to please her , Gattenberg played her favourite Pastorale from The Queen of Spades : ' Sweet friend , O shepherd mine . . . Music wearied my grandmother . She got a rest from it in the evening when ...
... play something cheerful ? ' and to please her , Gattenberg played her favourite Pastorale from The Queen of Spades : ' Sweet friend , O shepherd mine . . . Music wearied my grandmother . She got a rest from it in the evening when ...
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