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 111
... for- bidden and the peons were ordered to turn out anyone who spat . One day one of my own clerks spat and I told him to clean the spot . " He refused " , I wrote at the time , " but , when he saw I meant it , III JAFFNA.
... for- bidden and the peons were ordered to turn out anyone who spat . One day one of my own clerks spat and I told him to clean the spot . " He refused " , I wrote at the time , " but , when he saw I meant it , III JAFFNA.
Page 129
... peons and clerks were continually putting on my table . That afternoon a peon suddenly came into my room accompanying a white man whom I did not know . That immediately annoyed me . The longer I was in Ceylon , the more prejudiced I ...
... peons and clerks were continually putting on my table . That afternoon a peon suddenly came into my room accompanying a white man whom I did not know . That immediately annoyed me . The longer I was in Ceylon , the more prejudiced I ...
Page 134
... peon brought me four or five boxes containing all the letters . He opened them and I separ- ated them out for the various departments , writing orders on them if necessary . In this way I was able to know exactly what had come into the ...
... peon brought me four or five boxes containing all the letters . He opened them and I separ- ated them out for the various departments , writing orders on them if necessary . In this way I was able to know exactly what had come into the ...
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