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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Page 73
... felt terribly sorry for them , but far more for her than for him . It became indeed so painful , this patter of expressed and unexpressed misery , that I made some excuse and went off to bed , promising to come and see them if I was ...
... felt terribly sorry for them , but far more for her than for him . It became indeed so painful , this patter of expressed and unexpressed misery , that I made some excuse and went off to bed , promising to come and see them if I was ...
Page 81
... felt as if my last moment had come . Shipton saw my difficulty and I had to confess that I felt extremely ill . He took my temperature which was very high . He must have been an unusually sensible man , for he did not assume , as nearly ...
... felt as if my last moment had come . Shipton saw my difficulty and I had to confess that I felt extremely ill . He took my temperature which was very high . He must have been an unusually sensible man , for he did not assume , as nearly ...
Page 210
... felt pretty sure of what he would do , and in 999 cases out of a 1,000 one was right ; I never felt that I had any idea of what an elephant would do : he might pay no attention to you at all or dash off in a panic into the jungle or ...
... felt pretty sure of what he would do , and in 999 cases out of a 1,000 one was right ; I never felt that I had any idea of what an elephant would do : he might pay no attention to you at all or dash off in a panic into the jungle or ...
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