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Page vii
... English literature but as a superb and faithful picture , without equal among Western writers , of what life was like for most Asians , in the skilfully drawn context of rural Ceylon . Leonard Woolf is probably best known , rather ...
... English literature but as a superb and faithful picture , without equal among Western writers , of what life was like for most Asians , in the skilfully drawn context of rural Ceylon . Leonard Woolf is probably best known , rather ...
Page 189
... English to the interpreter : Silindu and Babun were never quite certain whether he was or was not speaking to them , or whether , when the interpreter spoke to them in Sinhalese , the words were really his own , or whether he was ...
... English to the interpreter : Silindu and Babun were never quite certain whether he was or was not speaking to them , or whether , when the interpreter spoke to them in Sinhalese , the words were really his own , or whether he was ...
Page 257
... English newspaper to Silindu . ) " Well , if you are quite quiet and no gecko 3 cries and the jackals don't howl , I will look at it like this afterwards , for some short time - staring hard - then I shall see things on the paper , not ...
... English newspaper to Silindu . ) " Well , if you are quite quiet and no gecko 3 cries and the jackals don't howl , I will look at it like this afterwards , for some short time - staring hard - then I shall see things on the paper , not ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha called charm chena crop child cloth Colombo compound dagobas daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf listened live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko