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Page 40
He turned upon me, red in the face, and violently told me that I was talking
nonsense. Emboldened by Charles, the dead cat, and the dead snake, I told him
what cards had been played by whom and turned up the trick which proved that
he ...
He turned upon me, red in the face, and violently told me that I was talking
nonsense. Emboldened by Charles, the dead cat, and the dead snake, I told him
what cards had been played by whom and turned up the trick which proved that
he ...
Page 131
I tore his cheque up and told him that unless he paid for the licence in cash I
would not give it to him. He tried to bluster, but I had him turned out of my room
and out of the kachcheri. The clerks told me later that he had returned and paid in
cash ...
I tore his cheque up and told him that unless he paid for the licence in cash I
would not give it to him. He tried to bluster, but I had him turned out of my room
and out of the kachcheri. The clerks told me later that he had returned and paid in
cash ...
Page 195
There was a well-known water hole about miles through the jungle on the left of
the road, and he told me that it was in a terrible state as there were bodies of
dead buffaloes in and around it. It was the dry season and there would be no
water ...
There was a well-known water hole about miles through the jungle on the left of
the road, and he told me that it was in a terrible state as there were bodies of
dead buffaloes in and around it. It was the dry season and there would be no
water ...
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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 |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Authors Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Political scientists Sri Lanka |
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