Taras Bulba and Other Tales (63 page)
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Authors: Vasilievich G Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Tags: #Russia -- Fiction, #Short Stories, #Short Stories (Single Author), #Fiction
“I know why he perished,” said Gorobetz; “because he was afraid. If he had not feared her, the witch could have done nothing to him. One ought to cross oneself incessantly and spit exactly on her tail, and then not the least harm can happen. I know all about it, for here, in Kieff, all the old women in the market-place are witches.”
The bell-ringer nodded assent. But being aware that he could not say any more, he got up cautiously and went out, swaying to the right and left in order to find a hiding-place in the thick steppe grass outside the town. At the same time, in accordance with his old habits, he did not forget to steal an old boot-sole which lay on the ale-house bench.
THE END
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The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first passage is the original passage, the second the corrected one.
- Front matter
:
31
(N.S)
1809, died at Moscow, March
31
(N.S.),
1809, died at Moscow, March - Page 9
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under the
miscroscope
fatigues the eye, so does
under the
microscope
fatigues the eye, so does - Page 88
:
hæmorroids
.”
hæmorrhoids
.” - Page 102
:
Major looked by chance into a mirror and
percieved
Major looked by chance into a mirror and
perceived - Page 136
:
I
advice
everyone urgently to write down the
I
advise
everyone urgently to write down the - Page 137
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the police orders to prevent the
moon
sitting on
the police orders to prevent the
earth
sitting on - Page 137
:
the
earth
.
the
moon
. - Page 148
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of those who had been drowned,
anl
so escaped
of those who had been drowned,
and
so escaped - Page 169
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when you locked me up in the dark
room.
when you locked me up in the dark
room? - Page 176
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house is
bran-new
, and looks as though it
house is
brand-new
, and looks as though it