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 89
... carried to the floor of the sea . There he shovelled oysters into a large basket which was attached to another rope ... carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with nine open huts run ...
... carried to the floor of the sea . There he shovelled oysters into a large basket which was attached to another rope ... carrying their oysters in great baskets . The koddu was an enor- mous fenced square enclosure with nine open huts run ...
Page 227
... carried in pro- cession to the other temple - a kind of juggernaut pro- cession with the pilgrims following or ... carry him across . They said that they 227 H AM B A NTOTA.
... carried in pro- cession to the other temple - a kind of juggernaut pro- cession with the pilgrims following or ... carry him across . They said that they 227 H AM B A NTOTA.
Page 228
... carry him across on their way back . A little while afterwards there came by some Sinhalese and the God asked them to carry him across the river into Kataragama . They did so at once . The God at that time was a Tamil , but he married ...
... carry him across on their way back . A little while afterwards there came by some Sinhalese and the God asked them to carry him across the river into Kataragama . They did so at once . The God at that time was a Tamil , but he married ...
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