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 107
... head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who was a kind of A.D.C. to the G.A. and head of all the headmen — even these officers if they wanted to say anything to him had to put it in writing . Price was not one of those people who lay ...
... head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who was a kind of A.D.C. to the G.A. and head of all the headmen — even these officers if they wanted to say anything to him had to put it in writing . Price was not one of those people who lay ...
Page 108
... head clerk and said to him : " Every letter received in this kachcheri after this week must be answered on the day of its receipt unless it is waiting for an order from me or from the G.A. " The answer of the head clerk was always that ...
... head clerk and said to him : " Every letter received in this kachcheri after this week must be answered on the day of its receipt unless it is waiting for an order from me or from the G.A. " The answer of the head clerk was always that ...
Page 185
... head , I said : " I am going to walk on to Tissa which , if we go on at this pace , we shall reach about two in the morning , for we have another 18 miles to go . I am very fond of walking and I think the Salt Super- intendent is too ...
... head , I said : " I am going to walk on to Tissa which , if we go on at this pace , we shall reach about two in the morning , for we have another 18 miles to go . I am very fond of walking and I think the Salt Super- intendent is too ...
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