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... suddenly heard . It belonged to a poet I did not then know , bending over a dead soldiers notebook : He'd written down carefully in a corner His mother's address and his wife's : He believed in victory , yet knew Not everyone would come ...
... suddenly heard . It belonged to a poet I did not then know , bending over a dead soldiers notebook : He'd written down carefully in a corner His mother's address and his wife's : He believed in victory , yet knew Not everyone would come ...
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... suddenly became an undisguised mass butcher . When he pronounced the words everyone had known since childhood in his arrogant , pushing way- " rights aren't given , rights are taken " -the audience froze with horror . Why had they not ...
... suddenly became an undisguised mass butcher . When he pronounced the words everyone had known since childhood in his arrogant , pushing way- " rights aren't given , rights are taken " -the audience froze with horror . Why had they not ...
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... suddenly heard the trees rocking and rustling as if someone had suddenly started shaking and knocking them over ... Lashing rain came pouring straight down . The horse bolted away from its tether as if it had been struck with a whip and ...
... suddenly heard the trees rocking and rustling as if someone had suddenly started shaking and knocking them over ... Lashing rain came pouring straight down . The horse bolted away from its tether as if it had been struck with a whip and ...
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The State Starts an Avalanche | 11 |
V Panova Pardoned V | 41 |
The HatchetMen | 51 |
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