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Behind the house was a corrugated iron hut and the floors of others whose walls were gone . Half the upper storeys had collapsed . The only sound was the groaning of timbers in the wind . “ A Turkish sergeant with black gloves stood at ...
Behind the house was a corrugated iron hut and the floors of others whose walls were gone . Half the upper storeys had collapsed . The only sound was the groaning of timbers in the wind . “ A Turkish sergeant with black gloves stood at ...
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On either side the surface of the walls had been shaken by the blasting nearby ; only once or twice did I notice chisel - marks still precise on the stone . The daylight faded . My footsteps reverberated in the dustfilled vault , echoed ...
On either side the surface of the walls had been shaken by the blasting nearby ; only once or twice did I notice chisel - marks still precise on the stone . The daylight faded . My footsteps reverberated in the dustfilled vault , echoed ...
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On the wall opposite the windows were immense mirrors which reflected enchantingly a view over the Neva , busy with ships . It was not long before the Grand Duchess appeared , wearing a white tunic , just as I had first seen her .
On the wall opposite the windows were immense mirrors which reflected enchantingly a view over the Neva , busy with ships . It was not long before the Grand Duchess appeared , wearing a white tunic , just as I had first seen her .
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POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON WIX | 75 |
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| Title | The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181 |
| Editors | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2007 |
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