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 112
... riding up the street in the opposite direction . As they passed one another , Mr. Woolf turned his horse and deliberately hit Mr. Sanderasekara in the face with his riding whip . When I first read this document , I was dismayed ...
... riding up the street in the opposite direction . As they passed one another , Mr. Woolf turned his horse and deliberately hit Mr. Sanderasekara in the face with his riding whip . When I first read this document , I was dismayed ...
Page 113
... riding whip to Ferdinando Hamlyn Price the old line of the street . And then I suddenly remembered that at some moment as my horse was dancing about , I had caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye of a trap with Mr. Harry ...
... riding whip to Ferdinando Hamlyn Price the old line of the street . And then I suddenly remembered that at some moment as my horse was dancing about , I had caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye of a trap with Mr. Harry ...
Page 122
... ride south and trust to luck . My horse then performed one of those curious feats of instinct which always astonish me . He suddenly insisted upon going off at a right angle from the direction in which I was riding him . As I had no ...
... ride south and trust to luck . My horse then performed one of those curious feats of instinct which always astonish me . He suddenly insisted upon going off at a right angle from the direction in which I was riding him . As I had no ...
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