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Page 150
... strange , but a little hard and dry . Then I read Fathers and Sons , in French ; I was too ignorant of Russian things to appreciate its value ; the strange names , the original- ity of the characters , opened a window on romance , but ...
... strange , but a little hard and dry . Then I read Fathers and Sons , in French ; I was too ignorant of Russian things to appreciate its value ; the strange names , the original- ity of the characters , opened a window on romance , but ...
Page 174
... strange beauty of the features is more than commonly striking because in Russia as a rule features are indistinct and flat . It is the head of a Roman of the Empire in a sculpture gallery . There is some- thing sinister in the ...
... strange beauty of the features is more than commonly striking because in Russia as a rule features are indistinct and flat . It is the head of a Roman of the Empire in a sculpture gallery . There is some- thing sinister in the ...
Page 188
... strange to one another . The final impression I had was of a man exhausted . He seemed broken by the burden of power . It was easy to understand that he could not bring himself to act . He was more afraid of doing the wrong thing than ...
... strange to one another . The final impression I had was of a man exhausted . He seemed broken by the burden of power . It was easy to understand that he could not bring himself to act . He was more afraid of doing the wrong thing than ...
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