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He would never see the head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who was a kind of A.D.C. to the G.A. and head of all the headmen — even these officers if they wanted to say anything to him had to put it in writing Price was not one of ...
He would never see the head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who was a kind of A.D.C. to the G.A. and head of all the headmen — even these officers if they wanted to say anything to him had to put it in writing Price was not one of ...
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office I always sent for the head clerk and said to him : “ Every letter received in this kachcheri after this week must be answered on the day of its receipt unless it is waiting for an order from me or from the G.A. ” The answer of ...
office I always sent for the head clerk and said to him : “ Every letter received in this kachcheri after this week must be answered on the day of its receipt unless it is waiting for an order from me or from the G.A. ” The answer of ...
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There was none of the usual stir and movement , no smiles , lifting of eyebrows , shakings of the head . They stood quite still , expectant ... I knew them well enough by now to know exactly what was passing through their heads .
There was none of the usual stir and movement , no smiles , lifting of eyebrows , shakings of the head . They stood quite still , expectant ... I knew them well enough by now to know exactly what was passing through their heads .
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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