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... turned to the picture of the Last Judgment , just as the left - hand figure in the Japa- nese scroll is turned away from the scene in hell . Is she unaware of the danger that waits after death ? Perhaps the subject of the picture is the ...
... turned to the picture of the Last Judgment , just as the left - hand figure in the Japa- nese scroll is turned away from the scene in hell . Is she unaware of the danger that waits after death ? Perhaps the subject of the picture is the ...
Page 205
... turning to see how he was settled , laughed at him . " You look like a baby owl in a nest , " she said . His father turned and winked at him . " Open your mouth and I'll drop in a mouse . " It was good to be leaving ; the thought of the ...
... turning to see how he was settled , laughed at him . " You look like a baby owl in a nest , " she said . His father turned and winked at him . " Open your mouth and I'll drop in a mouse . " It was good to be leaving ; the thought of the ...
Page 338
... turned his head to look at it , but he didn't speak , and I said nothing . And again the silence and rain ! Occa- sionally a mine tipple with the cold , drear , smoke smell of the dump and the oil lamps in the broken - down shacks where ...
... turned his head to look at it , but he didn't speak , and I said nothing . And again the silence and rain ! Occa- sionally a mine tipple with the cold , drear , smoke smell of the dump and the oil lamps in the broken - down shacks where ...
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