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 126
... allowed to send Leak ( the man who is theoretically my senior and superior here ) instead of me for the present as it would be more convenient . What showed me that he had so completely grasped my position was that when he gave me the ...
... allowed to send Leak ( the man who is theoretically my senior and superior here ) instead of me for the present as it would be more convenient . What showed me that he had so completely grasped my position was that when he gave me the ...
Page 207
... allowed , the game was as shy as everywhere else . As soon as you crossed the river into the Sanctuary , everything changed and you were in the Garden of Eden . Immense herds of deer , buffaloes before the rinderpest , pig , ele- phants ...
... allowed , the game was as shy as everywhere else . As soon as you crossed the river into the Sanctuary , everything changed and you were in the Garden of Eden . Immense herds of deer , buffaloes before the rinderpest , pig , ele- phants ...
Page 227
... allowed into the temple , which would never be allowed in an ordinary Jaffna Hindu temple . Every evening the image of the God was carried in pro- cession to the other temple - a kind of juggernaut pro- cession with the pilgrims ...
... allowed into the temple , which would never be allowed in an ordinary Jaffna Hindu temple . Every evening the image of the God was carried in pro- cession to the other temple - a kind of juggernaut pro- cession with the pilgrims ...
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