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Page 17
... eyes were large and melancholy ; like the eyes of Buddha in the Jataka , ' they were like two windows made of sapphire shining in a golden palace . ' Their limbs were strong and straight , for their wanderings with Silindu had made ...
... eyes were large and melancholy ; like the eyes of Buddha in the Jataka , ' they were like two windows made of sapphire shining in a golden palace . ' Their limbs were strong and straight , for their wanderings with Silindu had made ...
Page 92
... 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 hair of the English Mahatmayas ' women is very fair , the colour of the young cocoanut ...
... 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 hair of the English Mahatmayas ' women is very fair , the colour of the young cocoanut ...
Page 166
... eyes , lifeless and filmy , peering out of innumerable wrinkles . The eyes were not blind , but they seemed to be sightless - the pupil , the iris , and even the white had merged - because the mind was dying . It is what usually happens ...
... eyes , lifeless and filmy , peering out of innumerable wrinkles . The eyes were not blind , but they seemed to be sightless - the pupil , the iris , and even the white had merged - because the mind was dying . It is what usually happens ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm chena child cloth Colombo compound crop daughter deer devil E. M. Forster elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool frightened girl give grain hang headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf leopard listen live looked magistrate months Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko