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 71
... Tangalla , thirty miles or so away . There was no railway and about once a month I drove or rode to Tangalla and stayed a night or two there in the Government Rest House . One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ...
... Tangalla , thirty miles or so away . There was no railway and about once a month I drove or rode to Tangalla and stayed a night or two there in the Government Rest House . One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ...
Page 179
... TANGALLA Koggala EASTERN PROVINCE Kirinda Bundala INTOTA HAMBANTOTA Ambalantota Miles satisfactory in attainment than in anticipation , while failure is. PROVINCE of SABARAGAMUWA Wald of U VŔ Menik Malala رات Kirama Middeniya Kumbu ป ...
... TANGALLA Koggala EASTERN PROVINCE Kirinda Bundala INTOTA HAMBANTOTA Ambalantota Miles satisfactory in attainment than in anticipation , while failure is. PROVINCE of SABARAGAMUWA Wald of U VŔ Menik Malala رات Kirama Middeniya Kumbu ป ...
Page 204
... Tangalla was a young civil servant called Hodson . He had never been in the jungle proper and had done no big game shooting . He very much wanted to begin , so when I had to go on a short circuit to the Game Sanctuary , I took him 204 ...
... Tangalla was a young civil servant called Hodson . He had never been in the jungle proper and had done no big game shooting . He very much wanted to begin , so when I had to go on a short circuit to the Game Sanctuary , I took him 204 ...
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