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 120
... miles of the District , and here for the first time I learnt the profound happiness of complete solitude . For a ... miles in length and about two miles across . I had a curious expedition when I had to go and hold a land enquiry about ...
... miles of the District , and here for the first time I learnt the profound happiness of complete solitude . For a ... miles in length and about two miles across . I had a curious expedition when I had to go and hold a land enquiry about ...
Page 174
... miles away on the other is another an Irrigation Engineer . There is also another Irrigation Engineer who suffers from chronic indigestion and fever 20 miles away in the jungle I don't quite know where . But the house , really it is ...
... miles away on the other is another an Irrigation Engineer . There is also another Irrigation Engineer who suffers from chronic indigestion and fever 20 miles away in the jungle I don't quite know where . But the house , really it is ...
Page 189
... miles in order to try to enforce the regulations and shooting stray cattle and buffaloes on the roads and in ... miles where my pony met me . From there rode to Wetiya on the Liyangahatota road ( 5 miles ) . Here were two bulls suffering ...
... miles in order to try to enforce the regulations and shooting stray cattle and buffaloes on the roads and in ... miles where my pony met me . From there rode to Wetiya on the Liyangahatota road ( 5 miles ) . Here were two bulls suffering ...
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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