Lie Down in Darkness: A NovelBobbs-Merrill, 1951 - 400 pages |
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... past the tobacco factories with their ever - present haze of acrid , sweetish dust and past the rows of uniformly brown clapboard houses which stretch down the hilly streets for miles , it seems , the hundreds of rooftops all reflecting ...
... past the tobacco factories with their ever - present haze of acrid , sweetish dust and past the rows of uniformly brown clapboard houses which stretch down the hilly streets for miles , it seems , the hundreds of rooftops all reflecting ...
Page 360
... past the mailboxes , holding the bag at my breast , watching him : the pipe in his hand now , eyebrows up , and a smile on his lips , perplexed and concerned . He put out a bony hand . " Dear gull-- " but I pulled open the door and went ...
... past the mailboxes , holding the bag at my breast , watching him : the pipe in his hand now , eyebrows up , and a smile on his lips , perplexed and concerned . He put out a bony hand . " Dear gull-- " but I pulled open the door and went ...
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... past me through the darkening sands , awkward and gentle , rustling their feathers : come then and fly . And so it hap pens : treading past to touch my boiling skin - one whisper of feathers is all - and so I see them go - oh my Christ ...
... past me through the darkening sands , awkward and gentle , rustling their feathers : come then and fly . And so it hap pens : treading past to touch my boiling skin - one whisper of feathers is all - and so I see them go - oh my Christ ...
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