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Page 133
As soon as I got to Kandy , I found that I had indeed entered into an entirely new world . I am glad that I spent my life at the age of 27 in Kandy , for life there was unlike any that I have ever known elsewhere , but I did not like it ...
As soon as I got to Kandy , I found that I had indeed entered into an entirely new world . I am glad that I spent my life at the age of 27 in Kandy , for life there was unlike any that I have ever known elsewhere , but I did not like it ...
Page 149
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court and was in Kandy holding the Assizes ; he and Mrs. Middleton were pleasant people , but almost impossibly respectable . The Judge had rapped me on the knuckles for not having attended his Court ...
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court and was in Kandy holding the Assizes ; he and Mrs. Middleton were pleasant people , but almost impossibly respectable . The Judge had rapped me on the knuckles for not having attended his Court ...
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A. Kandy , 132–171 ; journey to Kandy , 132 ; society in Kandy , 133 ; work in Kandy , 134 ; Kandy tennis and Kandy Club , 135-137 ; and the Empress Eugénie , 138–145 ; plays squash rackets and hockey , 145–147 ; dines with Middletons ...
A. Kandy , 132–171 ; journey to Kandy , 132 ; society in Kandy , 133 ; work in Kandy , 134 ; Kandy tennis and Kandy Club , 135-137 ; and the Empress Eugénie , 138–145 ; plays squash rackets and hockey , 145–147 ; dines with Middletons ...
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User Review - Jenney - LibraryThingIn the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ... Read full review
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