The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 54
... voice which shrilled and fluted with anger : " Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the ...
... voice which shrilled and fluted with anger : " Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the ...
Page 189
... voice . The interpreter replied in a soothing deferential tone . The conversation being in English was unintelligible to Babun and Silindu . Then the door of their cage was unlocked , and they were led out and made to stand up against ...
... voice . The interpreter replied in a soothing deferential tone . The conversation being in English was unintelligible to Babun and Silindu . Then the door of their cage was unlocked , and they were led out and made to stand up against ...
Page 190
Leonard Woolf. was hot , heavy , oppressive ; the voices of those who spoke seemed both to themselves and to the others ... voice . Silindu had for- gotten what his ge1 name was ; the interpreter became still more angry at this , and ...
Leonard Woolf. was hot , heavy , oppressive ; the voices of those who spoke seemed both to themselves and to the others ... voice . Silindu had for- gotten what his ge1 name was ; the interpreter became still more angry at this , and ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko