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... referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the Government Agent had his ...
... referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the Government Agent had his ...
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It is what I think all large towns in Europe , and indeed the world , must have been before the 19th century , a swollen village or a congeries of villages which have coalesced into what we now call , because of its size , a town .
It is what I think all large towns in Europe , and indeed the world , must have been before the 19th century , a swollen village or a congeries of villages which have coalesced into what we now call , because of its size , a town .
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When you pass from the town and its suburbs into the country you pass from one life or age into another . It is quite different in Jaffna ; there as soon as you leave the main street , the esplanade , or the seashore , you are in a ...
When you pass from the town and its suburbs into the country you pass from one life or age into another . It is quite different in Jaffna ; there as soon as you leave the main street , the esplanade , or the seashore , you are in a ...
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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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