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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 ...
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 ...
Page 195
There was a well - known water hole about 1 } 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 ...
There was a well - known water hole about 1 } 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 ...
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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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