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 60
... given strict orders that the man should lie quite still doing nothing as he might fall down dead at any moment . The whole thing was exactly what I imagine the 18th century hospitals were like . . . . By the by , have you read one of ...
... given strict orders that the man should lie quite still doing nothing as he might fall down dead at any moment . The whole thing was exactly what I imagine the 18th century hospitals were like . . . . By the by , have you read one of ...
Page 91
... given me a new lease of life and , as I often said at the time , a new inside . I know I felt extraordinarily well and completely untirable . But I also experienced in the sands of Marich- chukaddi one of those sudden , instantaneous ...
... given me a new lease of life and , as I often said at the time , a new inside . I know I felt extraordinarily well and completely untirable . But I also experienced in the sands of Marich- chukaddi one of those sudden , instantaneous ...
Page 142
... given a very regal , but warm , good - bye , and as I was making my final bow , Count Clary , with some assumed hesitation , said that , as I had been so good as to ask Her Majesty to let me know of anything which I could do for her ...
... given a very regal , but warm , good - bye , and as I was making my final bow , Count Clary , with some assumed hesitation , said that , as I had been so good as to ask Her Majesty to let me know of anything which I could do for her ...
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