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Page 39
... it violently as if it were a rat . It was a strange sight . With every shake he gave it
, its body gave him a violent blow on the ribs and the tail curled round like the
thong of a whip and hit inhim in the face on the opposite side of his 39 JAFFNA.
... it violently as if it were a rat . It was a strange sight . With every shake he gave it
, its body gave him a violent blow on the ribs and the tail curled round like the
thong of a whip and hit inhim in the face on the opposite side of his 39 JAFFNA.
Page 126
... allowed to send Leak ( the man who is theoretically my senior and superior
here ) instead of me for the present as it would be more convenient . What
showed me that he had so completely grasped my position was that when he
gave me the ...
... allowed to send Leak ( the man who is theoretically my senior and superior
here ) instead of me for the present as it would be more convenient . What
showed me that he had so completely grasped my position was that when he
gave me the ...
Page 200
Then I took the ploughs and bulls to Tissa and gave demonstrations there .
Almost at once I got applications for 80 or 90 ploughs , which I immediately
ordered from Colombo . In the end 3 , 140 acres were cultivated , of which 2 , 420
were ...
Then I took the ploughs and bulls to Tissa and gave demonstrations there .
Almost at once I got applications for 80 or 90 ploughs , which I immediately
ordered from Colombo . In the end 3 , 140 acres were cultivated , of which 2 , 420
were ...
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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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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