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Page 111
Half - way to Kandy the train was drawing into a station , I suppose it was
Ambepussa , and before it had stopped he impetuously opened the carriage door
in order to get out and buy himself an orange or plantain . His foot slipped and he
fell ...
Half - way to Kandy the train was drawing into a station , I suppose it was
Ambepussa , and before it had stopped he impetuously opened the carriage door
in order to get out and buy himself an orange or plantain . His foot slipped and he
fell ...
Page 185
At the second milestone I stopped and said : “ Now , Abdul Rahman , will you
take Rs . 1 . 80 ? ” and when he shook his head , I said : “ I am going to walk on to
Tissa which , if we go on at this pace , we shall reach about two in the morning ,
for ...
At the second milestone I stopped and said : “ Now , Abdul Rahman , will you
take Rs . 1 . 80 ? ” and when he shook his head , I said : “ I am going to walk on to
Tissa which , if we go on at this pace , we shall reach about two in the morning ,
for ...
Page 243
There were six or seven Moslems wounded and covered with blood and one
Sinhalese , a Government servant , who lived near the mosque , had tried to stop
the row when it began , and had been hit by a stone in his face . I was
immediately ...
There were six or seven Moslems wounded and covered with blood and one
Sinhalese , a Government servant , who lived near the mosque , had tried to stop
the row when it began , and had been hit by a stone in his face . I was
immediately ...
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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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