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 52
... called a compound . It was in fact almost a park , 1 with great trees planted so that they gave the whole place an air of beautiful stillness and , what was so rare in the blistering dry heat of Jaffna , of coolness even in the middle ...
... called a compound . It was in fact almost a park , 1 with great trees planted so that they gave the whole place an air of beautiful stillness and , what was so rare in the blistering dry heat of Jaffna , of coolness even in the middle ...
Page 79
... called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty it is to do justice and protect law and order . Too often one watches the line between the criminal and the policeman or the judge ...
... called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty it is to do justice and protect law and order . Too often one watches the line between the criminal and the policeman or the judge ...
Page 183
... 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 con- tractors and carters who ...
... 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 con- tractors and carters who ...
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afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service civil servant Colombo completely Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht enquiry extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen immense Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese social Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf