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While Stella read My Graves, punctuating its tragic paragraphs with chuckles, and Rusty slept the sleep of a just cat who has been out all night curled up on a Jane Andrews tale of a beautiful maiden of fifteen who went to nurse in a leper colony -- of course dying of the loathsome disease finally -- Anne glanced over the other manuscripts and recalled the old days at Avonlea school when the members of the Story Club, sitting under the spruce trees or down among the ferns by the brook, had written them.

Among the beneficiaries of his humanitarian work was the Philippines' former leper colony in Culion, Palawan.

Tetangco, ex-BSP governor, leads 7 Ateneo awardees

If that is the supreme desire, then the cynic might try life in a leper colony. He should never think more highly of himself then.

Rise and fall of our Fifth Republic

It tells of Spinalonga, a droplet of land just eight minutes by boat off the coast of Crete, that became a leper colony and was home to sufferers from all over Greece.

SENSATORI OVERLOAD; to / EDWARD STEPHENS STAYS AT A SENSATIONAL HOTEL IN CRETE WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER THAT IT'S HARD TO TAKE IT ALL IN

Spinalonga's streets; and, right, the former leper colony, as seen from the water

SENSATORI OVERLOAD; EDWARD STEPHENS STAYS AT A SENSATIONAL HOTEL IN CRETE WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER THAT IT'S HARD TO TAKE IT ALL IN

The establishment of the leprosy camp which is popularly known as the Suakoko Leper Colony was done to host severe leper patients who were unable to overcome the fear and stigmatization from their housemates and other family members.

Lepers alarm bad living condition in Bong

Take a trip to the fascinating island of Spinalonga - the Island of Tears was a leper colony until 1957, and is the subject of Victoria Hislop's moving novel The Island.

CRETE; Wyndham Grand Mirabello Bay Hotel

My NGO will be visiting a Leper Colony as part of our community service next month.

Is Leprosy Contagious?

Delgado was sent to the leper colony in the island of Culion because authorities at that time suspected he had leprosy.

Megaworld honors Iloilo's rich history with hero's statue

Shawky met Rady Gamal, "Yommedine"'s leading man, while shooting a short film in 2009 about a leper colony in Egypt.

Best of 2018: William Mullally highlights the year's top movies from Middle Eastern filmmakers

In the 1890s, a leper colony was established in the United States in Carville, Louisiana.

Landscapes of Illness, Politics of Segregation and Discourse of Empathy in the 19th Century Leprosy Narratives of Hawaii

BY ROB COLE CARDIFF boss Neil Warnock is hoping the man he rescued from the "leper colony" can keep delivering for him this season.

JUNIOR HAS GRADUATED TO BE NEIL'S SENIOR STAR