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 22
... crows immediately flew down and sur- rounded him , eating the vomit as it came out of his mouth . Again no one seemed to be concerned and a waiter looked on impassively . Millington and I went round to the Secretariat to re- 22 GROWING.
... crows immediately flew down and sur- rounded him , eating the vomit as it came out of his mouth . Again no one seemed to be concerned and a waiter looked on impassively . Millington and I went round to the Secretariat to re- 22 GROWING.
Page 58
... round the edge , the crack widens and the earth topples over into the water which heaves and swirls and eddies . Hundreds of natives stand round , looking on with the usual appearance of complete indifference , and every time another ...
... round the edge , the crack widens and the earth topples over into the water which heaves and swirls and eddies . Hundreds of natives stand round , looking on with the usual appearance of complete indifference , and every time another ...
Page 113
... round doors to see what the white men were stopping for . I remembered that my horse had been restless , continu- ally fidgeting and turning round and round as I pointed out with my riding whip to Ferdinando Hamlyn Price the old line of ...
... round doors to see what the white men were stopping for . I remembered that my horse had been restless , continu- ally fidgeting and turning round and round as I pointed out with my riding whip to Ferdinando Hamlyn Price the old line of ...
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