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... British fighter . The fighter gained on the German and there was the sound of firing . Suddenly the German plane went straight up into the air , turned over upside down in a great slow loop , and , as the British plane shot by ...
... British fighter . The fighter gained on the German and there was the sound of firing . Suddenly the German plane went straight up into the air , turned over upside down in a great slow loop , and , as the British plane shot by ...
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... British Empire was simply flattery . There was much to be said against the imperialism of the British Empire in the years from 1904 to 1911 , when I helped to rule it light - heartedly in the Hambantota District of Ceylon , but there ...
... British Empire was simply flattery . There was much to be said against the imperialism of the British Empire in the years from 1904 to 1911 , when I helped to rule it light - heartedly in the Hambantota District of Ceylon , but there ...
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... British administration in a Crown Colony for more than one hundred years . In my case I took a great interest in writing my diary fully and frankly . That is why I find it rather surprising that I gained kudos from it from Sinhalese and ...
... British administration in a Crown Colony for more than one hundred years . In my case I took a great interest in writing my diary fully and frankly . That is why I find it rather surprising that I gained kudos from it from Sinhalese and ...
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