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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Leonard Woolf. him in the face on the opposite side of his body . The thuds on his ribs , the smacks of the tail on his face , and Charles's grumbling growls resounded regularly for some minutes and then the snake was as dead as the cat ...
Leonard Woolf. him in the face on the opposite side of his body . The thuds on his ribs , the smacks of the tail on his face , and Charles's grumbling growls resounded regularly for some minutes and then the snake was as dead as the cat ...
Page 106
... face , an impassive , unflinching , implacable eye , an air of natural unshakable superiority and of good- humoured ... Face the girth of his saddle broke and he was flung off on to his head . It is true that he had a bad scar and dent ...
... face , an impassive , unflinching , implacable eye , an air of natural unshakable superiority and of good- humoured ... Face the girth of his saddle broke and he was flung off on to his head . It is true that he had a bad scar and dent ...
Page 114
... face , but right in feeling that my sitting on a horse arrogantly in the main street of their town was as good as a slap in the face . As time went on , I spent more and more of my time with Price and Mrs. Price . They made me lunch ...
... face , but right in feeling that my sitting on a horse arrogantly in the main street of their town was as good as a slap in the face . As time went on , I spent more and more of my time with Price and Mrs. Price . They made me lunch ...
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