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Page 155
... eyes are like cat's eyes . The proverb says , ' If the eyes of a woman are like the eyes of a cat , evil comes to the man who looks into them . ' The hair of the English Mahatmayas ' women is very fair , the colour of the young cocoanut ...
... eyes are like cat's eyes . The proverb says , ' If the eyes of a woman are like the eyes of a cat , evil comes to the man who looks into them . ' The hair of the English Mahatmayas ' women is very fair , the colour of the young cocoanut ...
Page 185
... eyes , fool- ish eyes , a foolish face like a buffalo , ' but he is clever , amma ! he is clever - when wounded - when he hears the hunter after him - cleverer than the cleverest hunter . And when it has gone on for years ! all his life ...
... eyes , fool- ish eyes , a foolish face like a buffalo , ' but he is clever , amma ! he is clever - when wounded - when he hears the hunter after him - cleverer than the cleverest hunter . And when it has gone on for years ! all his life ...
Page 280
... eyes , lifeless and filmy , peering out of innumerable wrinkles . The eyes were not blind , but they seemed to be sightless— the pupil , the iris , and even the white had merged— because the mind was dying . It is what usually happens ...
... eyes , lifeless and filmy , peering out of innumerable wrinkles . The eyes were not blind , but they seemed to be sightless— the pupil , the iris , and even the white had merged— because the mind was dying . It is what usually happens ...
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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