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 48
After the 19th century in Europe and usually in Asia towns consist of a centre and
a suburban area , and beyond the suburban area is “ the country " and villages .
The Jaffna Hindu temple и не КА Как келе както как 48 GROWING.
After the 19th century in Europe and usually in Asia towns consist of a centre and
a suburban area , and beyond the suburban area is “ the country " and villages .
The Jaffna Hindu temple и не КА Как келе както как 48 GROWING.
Page 79
... one has to deal with him , as one does when one is on the Government side of
the fence in the administration or on the Bench or in the police , the less
sentimental sympathy one gets for him , for he is usually a very nasty and brutish
man .
... one has to deal with him , as one does when one is on the Government side of
the fence in the administration or on the Bench or in the police , the less
sentimental sympathy one gets for him , for he is usually a very nasty and brutish
man .
Page 143
In fact both the G . A . and the Diwa Nilame , as he was usually called , had a key
to the shrine , and without the two being present the door could not be unlocked .
In practice I , as 0 . A . , kept the G . A . ' s key , and arranged with Nugawela ...
In fact both the G . A . and the Diwa Nilame , as he was usually called , had a key
to the shrine , and without the two being present the door could not be unlocked .
In practice I , as 0 . A . , kept the G . A . ' s key , and arranged with Nugawela ...
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| Title | Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Volume 2 of An autobiography, Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Autobiography, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202521, 9780701202521 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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