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 37
... kind of collar was suddenly put upon the market for men's clothes . They were of very bright colours , made of flannel , and you attached them by studs to whatever kind of shirt you chose to wear . They were , no doubt , a symptom of ...
... kind of collar was suddenly put upon the market for men's clothes . They were of very bright colours , made of flannel , and you attached them by studs to whatever kind of shirt you chose to wear . They were , no doubt , a symptom of ...
Page 41
... kind of society , as imperialism is dying out of the world , is itself vanishing , if indeed it has not already vanished . A rather detailed picture of it as it appeared to my bewildered and astonished eyes and mind when I plunged into ...
... kind of society , as imperialism is dying out of the world , is itself vanishing , if indeed it has not already vanished . A rather detailed picture of it as it appeared to my bewildered and astonished eyes and mind when I plunged into ...
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... kind of aristocrat and a schoolboy who had never grown up into the world of reality and 1906 . He had an instinctive grasp of a " situation " and of the person with whom he was " dealing " . I got on well with him because I understood ...
... kind of aristocrat and a schoolboy who had never grown up into the world of reality and 1906 . He had an instinctive grasp of a " situation " and of the person with whom he was " dealing " . I got on well with him because I understood ...
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