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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... social position and prospects of a civil servant were counted to be a good deal higher than those of a planter . The attitude of planters ' wives with nubile daughters to potential sons - in - law left one in no doubt of this , for the ...
... social position and prospects of a civil servant were counted to be a good deal higher than those of a planter . The attitude of planters ' wives with nubile daughters to potential sons - in - law left one in no doubt of this , for the ...
Page 36
... social analysis of the service in my time would , I think , have revealed the curious fact that , if you were thought to be not much of a " good fellow " or not much of a " gentle- man " , this was considered by the Colonial Secretary ...
... social analysis of the service in my time would , I think , have revealed the curious fact that , if you were thought to be not much of a " good fellow " or not much of a " gentle- man " , this was considered by the Colonial Secretary ...
Page 177
... social solitude - I had no social life . In the day , of course , except when I was on circuit in the jungles of Magampattu , I was surrounded with people and continually talking to people . But that was my work ; the people were ...
... social solitude - I had no social life . In the day , of course , except when I was on circuit in the jungles of Magampattu , I was surrounded with people and continually talking to people . But that was my work ; the people were ...
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