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Then they took him to the Maniagar's house , beat him with sticks and whips , pushed pins down his nails , and tortured him generally until he confessed . He said that he had taken the boy to Kangesanturai , carried him out into the sea ...
Then they took him to the Maniagar's house , beat him with sticks and whips , pushed pins down his nails , and tortured him generally until he confessed . He said that he had taken the boy to Kangesanturai , carried him out into the sea ...
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He then took a step which almost certainly saved my life . About 6 or 8 miles from Jaffna there was a village called Manippay in which was an American mission with a small hospital and an American doctor in charge .
He then took a step which almost certainly saved my life . About 6 or 8 miles from Jaffna there was a village called Manippay in which was an American mission with a small hospital and an American doctor in charge .
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Eventually they had to contrive to get the other leg tied by another rope to another tree and I think they finally tamed him in the usual way by bringing up tame elephants who took him prisoner , as it were , between them .
Eventually they had to contrive to get the other leg tied by another rope to another tree and I think they finally tamed him in the usual way by bringing up tame elephants who took him prisoner , as it were , between them .
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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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