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 49
... feeling that you are in an enormous village rather than in a town is the stronger because the population of Tamils is so thick on the ground in the Jaffna peninsula that in many places one village has joined up to another and to what is ...
... feeling that you are in an enormous village rather than in a town is the stronger because the population of Tamils is so thick on the ground in the Jaffna peninsula that in many places one village has joined up to another and to what is ...
Page 53
... feeling of irritation and contempt . I too , like everyone else , was at first irritated and con- temptuous . But gradually these feelings , when I was left by myself in the kachcheri to deal with the people and their business , began ...
... feeling of irritation and contempt . I too , like everyone else , was at first irritated and con- temptuous . But gradually these feelings , when I was left by myself in the kachcheri to deal with the people and their business , began ...
Page 237
... feeling had arisen among them , when the Hakim died , over the selection of a successor . Some of them wanted Mr. Doole , a chief headman , to be appointed , others wanted a Mr. Bahar who was the Government Salt Superintendent . I was ...
... feeling had arisen among them , when the Hakim died , over the selection of a successor . Some of them wanted Mr. Doole , a chief headman , to be appointed , others wanted a Mr. Bahar who was the Government Salt Superintendent . I was ...
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