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 129
... licence . " Among my other duties was that of Chief Registrar of the Province and special licences could only be issued from the Kandy kachcheri . I turned angrily upon the peon and said 129 JAFFNA.
... licence . " Among my other duties was that of Chief Registrar of the Province and special licences could only be issued from the Kandy kachcheri . I turned angrily upon the peon and said 129 JAFFNA.
Page 217
... licences to shoot elephant , buffalo , and deer . As time went on and my experience of the jungle , shooting , and shooters increased , I became more and more prejudiced against my fellow white men . I may have been sometimes over ...
... licences to shoot elephant , buffalo , and deer . As time went on and my experience of the jungle , shooting , and shooters increased , I became more and more prejudiced against my fellow white men . I may have been sometimes over ...
Page 218
... licences and a strange company they were . One Sunday morning when I was working in my bun- galow my boy brought me three cards and said that three gentlemen wanted to see me . A Prince , a Duke , and a Count came into my room : one was ...
... licences and a strange company they were . One Sunday morning when I was working in my bun- galow my boy brought me three cards and said that three gentlemen wanted to see me . A Prince , a Duke , and a Count came into my room : one was ...
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