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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... seemed to be much concerned by this , so Charles and I went on into the hotel and into the palm - court which was in the middle of the building , unroofed and open to the sky so that the ubiquitous scavengers of all Ceylon towns , the ...
... seemed to be much concerned by this , so Charles and I went on into the hotel and into the palm - court which was in the middle of the building , unroofed and open to the sky so that the ubiquitous scavengers of all Ceylon towns , the ...
Page 72
... seemed to tremble on the verge - I don't think she ever actually fell over the verge of vulgarity . As the Duttons and I talked , we were embedded in , overwhelmed by this starry magnificence . Dutton and Miss Beeching had , I think ...
... seemed to tremble on the verge - I don't think she ever actually fell over the verge of vulgarity . As the Duttons and I talked , we were embedded in , overwhelmed by this starry magnificence . Dutton and Miss Beeching had , I think ...
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... seemed to be an intricate dance . I have twice in my life seen March hares in the Sussex water - meadows perform- ing their extraordinary dances . The jackal seemed to be doing the same thing . Leaping into the air , almost turn- ing ...
... seemed to be an intricate dance . I have twice in my life seen March hares in the Sussex water - meadows perform- ing their extraordinary dances . The jackal seemed to be doing the same thing . Leaping into the air , almost turn- ing ...
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