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We were grand because we were a ruling caste in a strange Asiatic country ; I did
not realize this at the time , though I felt something in the atmosphere which to me
was slightly strange and disconcerting . It was this element in the social ...
We were grand because we were a ruling caste in a strange Asiatic country ; I did
not realize this at the time , though I felt something in the atmosphere which to me
was slightly strange and disconcerting . It was this element in the social ...
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Dutton , the P . M . , was a strange character ; a strange fate , partly due to me ,
befell him , but I will deal with him and his fate in greater detail later . This , as I
have said , was the top stratum of Jaffna society whose social routine was
incredibly ...
Dutton , the P . M . , was a strange character ; a strange fate , partly due to me ,
befell him , but I will deal with him and his fate in greater detail later . This , as I
have said , was the top stratum of Jaffna society whose social routine was
incredibly ...
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I saw the other strange sight one day when I was out with the same Watcher in
thick jungle . We heard quite near us the most extraordinary guttural roaring
noise . I had never heard it before and I asked the Watcher what it was ; he said
that he ...
I saw the other strange sight one day when I was out with the same Watcher in
thick jungle . We heard quite near us the most extraordinary guttural roaring
noise . I had never heard it before and I asked the Watcher what it was ; he said
that he ...
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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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