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 16
... civil servants , Millington and I going out to Ceylon , and a young man called Scafe who had just passed into the Indian Civil Service . There were also two or three Colombo business men , in par- ticular a large flamboyant Mr. X who ...
... civil servants , Millington and I going out to Ceylon , and a young man called Scafe who had just passed into the Indian Civil Service . There were also two or three Colombo business men , in par- ticular a large flamboyant Mr. X who ...
Page 34
... civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the Government Agent had his Residence . Districts were in the charge ...
... civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial government office or offices , the kachcheri , was always in the chief town of the Province , and there the Government Agent had his Residence . Districts were in the charge ...
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... civil servants immediately under him who did the office work , checking the accounts , issuing licences , going ... servant when he first arrived was attached to some provincial kachcheri as Cadet . It was in the post of O.A. and Cadet that ...
... civil servants immediately under him who did the office work , checking the accounts , issuing licences , going ... servant when he first arrived was attached to some provincial kachcheri as Cadet . It was in the post of O.A. and Cadet that ...
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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