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 84
... immense empty hotel surrounded by an interminable series of tea - covered hills , and now I have practically settled down for two weeks here . You can't understand my mood - and I don't think I can give its tone to you at all - without ...
... immense empty hotel surrounded by an interminable series of tea - covered hills , and now I have practically settled down for two weeks here . You can't understand my mood - and I don't think I can give its tone to you at all - without ...
Page 87
... immense canopy of stars seemingly just above my head at night . We had to sail first south - west round Mannar and through the little islands of Adam's Bridge and then south to the Fishery . There is — or was - to me always something ...
... immense canopy of stars seemingly just above my head at night . We had to sail first south - west round Mannar and through the little islands of Adam's Bridge and then south to the Fishery . There is — or was - to me always something ...
Page 197
... immense sea of trees and changing leaves , stretching away below one , beneath the light of the moon , into infinity and eternity . The wind had dropped ; the moon was so bright that I could have read small print in its light . After ...
... immense sea of trees and changing leaves , stretching away below one , beneath the light of the moon , into infinity and eternity . The wind had dropped ; the moon was so bright that I could have read small print in its light . After ...
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