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This temporary town was laid out in regular streets : Main Street , Tank Street ,
New Street , New Moor Street . It was , I think , on February 15th that I sailed from
Jaffna to Marichchukaddi in an open native boat . It took me a day and a half to ...
This temporary town was laid out in regular streets : Main Street , Tank Street ,
New Street , New Moor Street . It was , I think , on February 15th that I sailed from
Jaffna to Marichchukaddi in an open native boat . It took me a day and a half to ...
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... Mr . Harry Sanderasekara , a well - known lawyer , had been deliberately hit in
the face by the Office Assistant , Mr . Leonard Woolf . Mr . Sanderasekara had
been driving in his trap down the main street of Jaffna and he met the G . A .
... Mr . Harry Sanderasekara , a well - known lawyer , had been deliberately hit in
the face by the Office Assistant , Mr . Leonard Woolf . Mr . Sanderasekara had
been driving in his trap down the main street of Jaffna and he met the G . A .
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did so , he would see clearly how people had encroached upon the old line of the
street by building verandahs and stoeps out on to the highway . I remembered
the long straight street in the glare and dust , the white houses and verandahs ...
did so , he would see clearly how people had encroached upon the old line of the
street by building verandahs and stoeps out on to the highway . I remembered
the long straight street in the glare and dust , the white houses and verandahs ...
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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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