One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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Page 105
... roar of approval that went up as if from the throats of five - hundred men , not just twenty or thirty . A silence , then , followed the roar . There was a stillness . No one moved or said anything . They realized , suddenly , the ...
... roar of approval that went up as if from the throats of five - hundred men , not just twenty or thirty . A silence , then , followed the roar . There was a stillness . No one moved or said anything . They realized , suddenly , the ...
Page 109
... roar went up ' A Daniel come to judgement , ' said Callay . from the throats of the stalwarts . ' THREE CHEERS FOR DEMOS , ' roared the voices with a sudden surge of excitement , accompanying the roar with a thumping of wooden boxes , a ...
... roar went up ' A Daniel come to judgement , ' said Callay . from the throats of the stalwarts . ' THREE CHEERS FOR DEMOS , ' roared the voices with a sudden surge of excitement , accompanying the roar with a thumping of wooden boxes , a ...
Page 128
... roar . ' I'm , certainly , the last of the Dutch imperialists , and I don't intend to run , ' he cried and gave another roar . He rose , and , raising himself to his full height , lifted a chair and sent it flying in the direction of ...
... roar . ' I'm , certainly , the last of the Dutch imperialists , and I don't intend to run , ' he cried and gave another roar . He rose , and , raising himself to his full height , lifted a chair and sent it flying in the direction of ...
Common terms and phrases
asked beach become began believed bottle brain build Callay called coming common complete Conny creatures cried dead death decided Demos destroy direction discovered dropped especially excitement eyes face fact faithful feeling feet fellows felt final fish forces forms freedom friends gathered gave getting give gone hand head heard hold Hulft human ideas important inside island Kadalay Peiris kind knew known Korala Lanka later learned living looking marine mass memorial Mikhail mind moved naturalist needed never newspaper once original plans produced professor research station roar round rushing seemed shack shouting silence sitting sound stalwarts stand started stood story studied sudden suddenly talk tell things thought tion took truth trying Turab turned Van Hulft voice