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 40
... play a competent game of tennis and a good game of bridge . Dowbiggin , now Sir Herbert Dowbiggin , was not at all meek and mild either in word or deed . He was a bad bridge player , but had bullied the other bad bridge play- ers into ...
... play a competent game of tennis and a good game of bridge . Dowbiggin , now Sir Herbert Dowbiggin , was not at all meek and mild either in word or deed . He was a bad bridge player , but had bullied the other bad bridge play- ers into ...
Page 63
... play tennis and he did not play bridge and did not mix at all in the white society of " the station " , living alone in a largish bungalow with a piano , so it was said , and a vast number of books . The policemen , Dowbiggin and Bowes ...
... play tennis and he did not play bridge and did not mix at all in the white society of " the station " , living alone in a largish bungalow with a piano , so it was said , and a vast number of books . The policemen , Dowbiggin and Bowes ...
Page 69
... play was over . They were bad players and usually played singles together , and I handed Dutton over to them ; for the next few months Dutton used to come and play nearly every evening a hopelessly incompetent game of tennis with Miss ...
... play was over . They were bad players and usually played singles together , and I handed Dutton over to them ; for the next few months Dutton used to come and play nearly every evening a hopelessly incompetent game of tennis with Miss ...
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