Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 21
... curious mixture of intense reality and unreality applied to all my seven years in Ceylon . If one lives where one was born and bred , the continuity of one's existence gives it and oneself and one's environment , which of course ...
... curious mixture of intense reality and unreality applied to all my seven years in Ceylon . If one lives where one was born and bred , the continuity of one's existence gives it and oneself and one's environment , which of course ...
Page 59
... curious feelings and excitement from these curious rare incidents and sights or else the boredom of work and the nausea of conversation . The following is perhaps worth quoting as giving a picture of a Ceylon hospital in 1905 : Last ...
... curious feelings and excitement from these curious rare incidents and sights or else the boredom of work and the nausea of conversation . The following is perhaps worth quoting as giving a picture of a Ceylon hospital in 1905 : Last ...
Page 135
... curious air of slight depression , but at the same time exclusiveness , superiority , isolation . Only the " best people " and of course only white men were members . At the same time there was none of the physical luxuriousness ...
... curious air of slight depression , but at the same time exclusiveness , superiority , isolation . Only the " best people " and of course only white men were members . At the same time there was none of the physical luxuriousness ...
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