Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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... Colombo sun , which in the late morning hits one as if a burning hand were smacking one's face , the whole of my past life in London and Cambridge seemed suddenly to have vanished , to have faded away into un- reality . I spent a ...
... Colombo sun , which in the late morning hits one as if a burning hand were smacking one's face , the whole of my past life in London and Cambridge seemed suddenly to have vanished , to have faded away into un- reality . I spent a ...
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... Colombo . At any rate , two Church Missionary Society lady missionaries , Miss Beeching and Miss Case , who lived in Jaffna , returning by train from Colombo , in the early morning looking out of their carriage window at the last ...
... Colombo . At any rate , two Church Missionary Society lady missionaries , Miss Beeching and Miss Case , who lived in Jaffna , returning by train from Colombo , in the early morning looking out of their carriage window at the last ...
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... Colombo , and from Colombo , with my sister Bella , now married to the Assistant Director of the Peradeniya Gardens , I sailed for England . Chapter Five EPILOGUE UR boat left Colombo on May 24th 245 HAM B ANTOTA.
... Colombo , and from Colombo , with my sister Bella , now married to the Assistant Director of the Peradeniya Gardens , I sailed for England . Chapter Five EPILOGUE UR boat left Colombo on May 24th 245 HAM B ANTOTA.
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