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 39
... gave it , its body gave him a violent blow on the ribs . and the tail curled round like the thong of a whip and hit him in the face on the opposite side of his 39 JAFFNA.
... gave it , its body gave him a violent blow on the ribs . and the tail curled round like the thong of a whip and hit him in the face on the opposite side of his 39 JAFFNA.
Page 47
... gave a description of him which is perhaps worth quoting : I believe I have made the remark before but I can't help repeating it , that the people in rotten novels are astonishingly like life . All the English out here are ...
... gave a description of him which is perhaps worth quoting : I believe I have made the remark before but I can't help repeating it , that the people in rotten novels are astonishingly like life . All the English out here are ...
Page 126
... gave me the telegram he said : " of course if you prefer it I will tear this up now and you can go off tonight . " At any rate the wire went and Leak is to go to Mannar . The position I had forced him into on Thursday was that he was to ...
... gave me the telegram he said : " of course if you prefer it I will tear this up now and you can go off tonight . " At any rate the wire went and Leak is to go to Mannar . The position I had forced him into on Thursday was that he was to ...
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