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 175
... Hambantota which was now committed to my charge lay in the extreme south of Ceylon . Bounded on the south by the sea ... Hambantota , but otherwise only small scattered and usually poverty stricken villages . Twenty miles east of ...
... Hambantota which was now committed to my charge lay in the extreme south of Ceylon . Bounded on the south by the sea ... Hambantota , but otherwise only small scattered and usually poverty stricken villages . Twenty miles east of ...
Page 183
... Hambantota or Kirinda . After tenders had been called for , this was done on con- tract at so much per ton by contractors in Hambantota who owned , controlled , and hired bullock carts . We sold the salt from the stores either to the ...
... Hambantota or Kirinda . After tenders had been called for , this was done on con- tract at so much per ton by contractors in Hambantota who owned , controlled , and hired bullock carts . We sold the salt from the stores either to the ...
Page 219
... Hambantota . For Baron Blixen was not with them ; he had become slightly unwell in Colombo and would not be well enough to come to Hambantota for a day or two . The Count , his lovely daughter , and the rest of his party proposed to set ...
... Hambantota . For Baron Blixen was not with them ; he had become slightly unwell in Colombo and would not be well enough to come to Hambantota for a day or two . The Count , his lovely daughter , and the rest of his party proposed to set ...
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