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... Colombo . He spent three years at Cambridge – from 1929 to 1932 – and then returned to Colombo , where he was subsequently Professor of English at the University from 1936 until his retirement in 1956. His books include The Footprint of ...
... Colombo . He spent three years at Cambridge – from 1929 to 1932 – and then returned to Colombo , where he was subsequently Professor of English at the University from 1936 until his retirement in 1956. His books include The Footprint of ...
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... Colombo all say they are shameless . Very fair , very mad , and very shameless . Their eyes are like cat's eyes . The proverb says , " If the eyes of a woman are like the eyes of a cat , evil comes to the man who looks into them . " The ...
... Colombo all say they are shameless . Very fair , very mad , and very shameless . Their eyes are like cat's eyes . The proverb says , " If the eyes of a woman are like the eyes of a cat , evil comes to the man who looks into them . " The ...
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... Colombo without a cent , and now I have become rich . What folly to starve where one was born when there are riches to be got in the neighbouring village ! Well , I am going now . ' Babun accompanied his guest to the stile of the ...
... Colombo without a cent , and now I have become rich . What folly to starve where one was born when there are riches to be got in the neighbouring village ! Well , I am going now . ' Babun accompanied his guest to the stile of the ...
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