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 85
... course , the awkwardness is only felt by myself . I have definitely promised to stay next week with two of them on their estates about 10 miles away : I shall have to but I dread it . . . . An American whom I met at Hatton gave me the ...
... course , the awkwardness is only felt by myself . I have definitely promised to stay next week with two of them on their estates about 10 miles away : I shall have to but I dread it . . . . An American whom I met at Hatton gave me the ...
Page 112
... course they take the paying line that we are anti - native . In my case they have pitched on things which are of course not anti - native but in the main true . ' In their second complaint the Jaffna Association pitched on something ...
... course they take the paying line that we are anti - native . In my case they have pitched on things which are of course not anti - native but in the main true . ' In their second complaint the Jaffna Association pitched on something ...
Page 126
... course I checkmated that argument . I put him in such a position that I was practically bound to go or he would have practically to go back on his word . I went to bed on Thursday wondering how he would manage it but certain that he ...
... course I checkmated that argument . I put him in such a position that I was practically bound to go or he would have practically to go back on his word . I went to bed on Thursday wondering how he would manage it but certain that he ...
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