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 69
... nearly every evening a hopelessly incompetent game of tennis with Miss Case and Miss Beeching . And I think I noticed , without really paying any attention to it , that sometimes the two missionaries . would sit on after their game was ...
... nearly every evening a hopelessly incompetent game of tennis with Miss Case and Miss Beeching . And I think I noticed , without really paying any attention to it , that sometimes the two missionaries . would sit on after their game was ...
Page 91
... nearly 20 miles away and the boats , with a favourable wind , took four or five hours to get in , but the wind was consistently un- favourable and day after day they took 12 , 24 , or even 36 hours to reach the shore . A Koddu ...
... nearly 20 miles away and the boats , with a favourable wind , took four or five hours to get in , but the wind was consistently un- favourable and day after day they took 12 , 24 , or even 36 hours to reach the shore . A Koddu ...
Page 142
... nearly all great or very well - known people whom I have met , she asked innumerable questions and would not stay for an answer . All that I can remember of her con- versation is that she made " curious thin little jokes " ( as I wrote ...
... nearly all great or very well - known people whom I have met , she asked innumerable questions and would not stay for an answer . All that I can remember of her con- versation is that she made " curious thin little jokes " ( as I wrote ...
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