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I left Anuradhapura at 9 o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, January 3rd, and the
bullock cart with its broken and battered passengers arrived at Elephant Pass at
9 o'clock in the morning of Thursday, January 5th. The town of Jaffna, for which I ...
I left Anuradhapura at 9 o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, January 3rd, and the
bullock cart with its broken and battered passengers arrived at Elephant Pass at
9 o'clock in the morning of Thursday, January 5th. The town of Jaffna, for which I ...
Page 177
It was the last thing I heard as I fell asleep at night, the first thing I heard when I
woke in the morning — the moment of silence, the heavy thud ; the moment of
silence, the heavy thud — the rhythm of the sea, the rhythm of Hambantota.
It was the last thing I heard as I fell asleep at night, the first thing I heard when I
woke in the morning — the moment of silence, the heavy thud ; the moment of
silence, the heavy thud — the rhythm of the sea, the rhythm of Hambantota.
Page 190
From Kachchigala there is a path to Kandaketiya (1j miles) and from there to
Talawa (4 miles) which I reached about 7.30 p.m. Next morning at Talawa a
villager told me a curious story about buffaloes. I had several times during the
outbreak ...
From Kachchigala there is a path to Kandaketiya (1j miles) and from there to
Talawa (4 miles) which I reached about 7.30 p.m. Next morning at Talawa a
villager told me a curious story about buffaloes. I had several times during the
outbreak ...
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| Title | Growing, an autobiography of the years 1904-1911 |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Authors, English Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Sri Lanka |
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