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Travelling through it by road , all you see is the two unending solid walls of trees and undergrowth on either side of you . The green walls are high enough to prevent the slightest eddy of wind stirring the hot air .
Travelling through it by road , all you see is the two unending solid walls of trees and undergrowth on either side of you . The green walls are high enough to prevent the slightest eddy of wind stirring the hot air .
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I am all and always upon the side of law and order , and my time in Ceylon , where I was on the Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for ...
I am all and always upon the side of law and order , and my time in Ceylon , where I was on the Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for ...
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The leaders on both sides wished to settle the matter of yesterday amicably . No one had been seriously hurt . There has also never been any religious feeling in the town and there is no doubt that , if cases with proctors on each side ...
The leaders on both sides wished to settle the matter of yesterday amicably . No one had been seriously hurt . There has also never been any religious feeling in the town and there is no doubt that , if cases with proctors on each side ...
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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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