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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... planters , and business men . There was in the last three classes an embryonic feeling against the first . The civil servant was socially in many ways top dog ; he was highly paid , exercised considerable and widely distributed power ...
... planters , and business men . There was in the last three classes an embryonic feeling against the first . The civil servant was socially in many ways top dog ; he was highly paid , exercised considerable and widely distributed power ...
Page 17
... planter . The attitude of planters ' wives with nubile daughters to potential sons - in - law left one in no doubt of this , for the marriage market is an infallible test of social values . The business men were on an altogether lower ...
... planter . The attitude of planters ' wives with nubile daughters to potential sons - in - law left one in no doubt of this , for the marriage market is an infallible test of social values . The business men were on an altogether lower ...
Page 146
... planters , keen on hockey , used to come in to play ; about six or seven men from the regiment , the subaltern ... planter playing half - back on my wing in front of me , and he was obviously Eurasian , but not Ceylonese . One of our ...
... planters , keen on hockey , used to come in to play ; about six or seven men from the regiment , the subaltern ... planter playing half - back on my wing in front of me , and he was obviously Eurasian , but not Ceylonese . One of our ...
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