The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 73
... women are before all others in beauty , very fair , with eyes shaped like pomegranate seeds . They are Mohammedan people , and no Sin- halese can approach their women ; for the men are very jealous , and also strong and fearless . They ...
... women are before all others in beauty , very fair , with eyes shaped like pomegranate seeds . They are Mohammedan people , and no Sin- halese can approach their women ; for the men are very jealous , and also strong and fearless . They ...
Page 147
... women of so squalid a village astonished him . He wanted a woman to live with him ; he was always wanting a woman ; and it would be far more comfortable to have his food cooked for him than to go always to the headman for his meals . He ...
... women of so squalid a village astonished him . He wanted a woman to live with him ; he was always wanting a woman ; and it would be far more comfortable to have his food cooked for him than to go always to the headman for his meals . He ...
Page 155
... women , always coming and going from the ships . How many times . have I stood outside when a boy and watched them , always laughing and talking loud , like madmen , and dancing , men and women to- gether . And how fair are the women ...
... women , always coming and going from the ships . How many times . have I stood outside when a boy and watched them , always laughing and talking loud , like madmen , and dancing , men and women to- gether . And how fair are the women ...
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