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Intelligence and the intellectual produced the same feeling of uneasiness ,
suspicion , and dislike among the white population of Jaffna and Ceylon as they
had on the P. & O. Syria , in St. Paul's School , and in nearly all strata or pockets
of ...
Intelligence and the intellectual produced the same feeling of uneasiness ,
suspicion , and dislike among the white population of Jaffna and Ceylon as they
had on the P. & O. Syria , in St. Paul's School , and in nearly all strata or pockets
of ...
Page 127
nearly from over - eagerness to justify himself gave himself away . When the wire
of Government came approving his proposal , he asked me ( damn him ) whether
I was pleased ; the violence of my “ No , not at all ” absolutely threw him out ...
nearly from over - eagerness to justify himself gave himself away . When the wire
of Government came approving his proposal , he asked me ( damn him ) whether
I was pleased ; the violence of my “ No , not at all ” absolutely threw him out ...
Page 255
... learns from F. H. Price , 106-109 ; relations with staff , 107-112 ; unpopularity in
Jaffna , 111 ; reported to Governor , 111-114 ; relations with Price , 115– 119 ;
124-127 ; Acting A.G.A. Mannar , 119-124 ; twice nearly swindled , 127– 131 ; 0 .
... learns from F. H. Price , 106-109 ; relations with staff , 107-112 ; unpopularity in
Jaffna , 111 ; reported to Governor , 111-114 ; relations with Price , 115– 119 ;
124-127 ; Acting A.G.A. Mannar , 119-124 ; twice nearly swindled , 127– 131 ; 0 .
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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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