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... he dashed up to a Sinhalese man standing on the pavement , turned round , and committed a nuisance against his clean white cloth as though it were a London lamp - post . No one , the man included , seemed to be much concerned ...
... he dashed up to a Sinhalese man standing on the pavement , turned round , and committed a nuisance against his clean white cloth as though it were a London lamp - post . No one , the man included , seemed to be much concerned ...
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The sky , the sea , the stars , the turtles , the bay , the palms , were so lusciously magnificent at Tangalla Rest House that Nature seemed to tremble on the verge — I don't think she ever actually feil over the verge — of vulgarity .
The sky , the sea , the stars , the turtles , the bay , the palms , were so lusciously magnificent at Tangalla Rest House that Nature seemed to tremble on the verge — I don't think she ever actually feil over the verge — of vulgarity .
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The whole village seemed to have turned out and the men were standing on the road round the bodies of the animals ; there was a hostile murmur from the small crowd . I explained to them that the owner had been warned , that by not ...
The whole village seemed to have turned out and the men were standing on the road round the bodies of the animals ; there was a hostile murmur from the small crowd . I explained to them that the owner had been warned , that by not ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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