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 170
... passed us in which sat Clifford and the lady , and even that brief glimpse showed that the lady had made a conquest of the Acting Governor of Ceylon . Some days later Clifford sent for me and asked me whether I could manage to arrange a ...
... passed us in which sat Clifford and the lady , and even that brief glimpse showed that the lady had made a conquest of the Acting Governor of Ceylon . Some days later Clifford sent for me and asked me whether I could manage to arrange a ...
Page 232
... passed boutique after boutique , selling flowers and fruit , to be offered in the temple and mutatis mutandis you might have been passing the shops in Lisieux or even in London's Victoria Street , selling their candles and images of the ...
... passed boutique after boutique , selling flowers and fruit , to be offered in the temple and mutatis mutandis you might have been passing the shops in Lisieux or even in London's Victoria Street , selling their candles and images of the ...
Page 243
... passing a place of worship belonging to a different religious community . In this case the row had begun when the Buddhist procession , contrary to the terms of the licence , beat their tom - toms while passing the mosque . Some Moslems ...
... passing a place of worship belonging to a different religious community . In this case the row had begun when the Buddhist procession , contrary to the terms of the licence , beat their tom - toms while passing the mosque . Some Moslems ...
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