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 43
... lived since , and indeed before , 1813 , was an inveterate matchmaker . In this character she once un- successfully tried her hand upon me , the other victim of her artless and embarrassing manoeuvres being a young woman friend of hers ...
... lived since , and indeed before , 1813 , was an inveterate matchmaker . In this character she once un- successfully tried her hand upon me , the other victim of her artless and embarrassing manoeuvres being a young woman friend of hers ...
Page 65
... lived a life bounded on the one side by Somerset House or St. Martin's - le - Grand , and on the other by a devoted mother and a devoted old servant in Clapham or Kew . In Ceylon he lived the life of a minnow in a shoal of pike . The ...
... lived a life bounded on the one side by Somerset House or St. Martin's - le - Grand , and on the other by a devoted mother and a devoted old servant in Clapham or Kew . In Ceylon he lived the life of a minnow in a shoal of pike . The ...
Page 134
... lived with me , the Superintendent of Police , now Sir Francis Graeme Tyrrell . I do not like to share a bun- galow or house , for the moment comes quite often when I want to be alone , and one of the unpleasant things about my first ...
... lived with me , the Superintendent of Police , now Sir Francis Graeme Tyrrell . I do not like to share a bun- galow or house , for the moment comes quite often when I want to be alone , and one of the unpleasant things about my first ...
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afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service civil servant Colombo completely Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht enquiry extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen immense Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese social Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf