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 94
... hand on my shoulder to emphasize the torrent of | his words . Once towards the end of the Fishery , when they all knew me well and I had got to know some of them quite well , one of them before he left the koddu rushed up to me , put one ...
... hand on my shoulder to emphasize the torrent of | his words . Once towards the end of the Fishery , when they all knew me well and I had got to know some of them quite well , one of them before he left the koddu rushed up to me , put one ...
Page 96
... hand on the head of the weeping man and spoke to him calmly , eloquently , compassionately . I didn't understand Arabic , but I could understand what he was saying . The dead man had lived , had worked , had died . He had died working ...
... hand on the head of the weeping man and spoke to him calmly , eloquently , compassionately . I didn't understand Arabic , but I could understand what he was saying . The dead man had lived , had worked , had died . He had died working ...
Page 220
... hand in his two hands , besought me not to leave him alone in the jungle , but take him and hand him over to Count Frijs . I reas- sured him , but , as they had made no arrangements where to meet the rest of the party , I had to send ...
... hand in his two hands , besought me not to leave him alone in the jungle , but take him and hand him over to Count Frijs . I reas- sured him , but , as they had made no arrangements where to meet the rest of the party , I had to send ...
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