Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. "He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding" (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs. |
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Page 195
... Arachchi asked me to come and have a look at it . It would be the night of the full moon , so I told him that I would and that I would spend my night at the water hole . I was very fond of sitting up over a water hole in this way and ...
... Arachchi asked me to come and have a look at it . It would be the night of the full moon , so I told him that I would and that I would spend my night at the water hole . I was very fond of sitting up over a water hole in this way and ...
Page 233
... Arachchi to go and drive the sick buffalo down the field to you so that you could destroy it . The Arachchi said it had gone savage and would attack him . You insisted , but when he would go you got near the animal , he became 233 ...
... Arachchi to go and drive the sick buffalo down the field to you so that you could destroy it . The Arachchi said it had gone savage and would attack him . You insisted , but when he would go you got near the animal , he became 233 ...
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... Arachchi himself who owned the buffaloes . You fined the Arachchi 10 rupees for not carrying out his duties as headman and not seeing that the buffaloes were im- pounded . Then , as Police Magistrate , you tried him as owner of the ...
... Arachchi himself who owned the buffaloes . You fined the Arachchi 10 rupees for not carrying out his duties as headman and not seeing that the buffaloes were im- pounded . Then , as Police Magistrate , you tried him as owner of the ...
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