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 34
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the ...
... Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the ...
Page 35
... Government Agent , or a Government Agent , or purely judicial , i.e. you were a Police Magistrate or a District Judge . Generally the ad- ministrative posts were considered to be a good deal more desirable than the judicial , and it was ...
... Government Agent , or a Government Agent , or purely judicial , i.e. you were a Police Magistrate or a District Judge . Generally the ad- ministrative posts were considered to be a good deal more desirable than the judicial , and it was ...
Page 79
... Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for everyone must become poor , nasty , brutish , and short . And the nearer one gets to the criminal ...
... Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for everyone must become poor , nasty , brutish , and short . And the nearer one gets to the criminal ...
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