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 30
... side and I on the other with the dog between us . Each time that the rolling of the cart flung the D.E. towards my side and therefore on to Charles , there was a men- acing growl and once or twice , I think , a not too gentle nip . I ...
... side and I on the other with the dog between us . Each time that the rolling of the cart flung the D.E. towards my side and therefore on to Charles , there was a men- acing growl and once or twice , I think , a not too gentle nip . I ...
Page 79
... side of law and order , and my time in Ceylon , where I was on the Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for everyone must become poor , nasty ...
... side of law and order , and my time in Ceylon , where I was on the Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for everyone must become poor , nasty ...
Page 178
... side of my work . I disliked the European side of it , the white sahib side of it , the kind of second - rate ( as it appeared to me ) pomp and circumstance which surrounded one in Kandy and Colombo . I am deep down within myself an ...
... side of my work . I disliked the European side of it , the white sahib side of it , the kind of second - rate ( as it appeared to me ) pomp and circumstance which surrounded one in Kandy and Colombo . I am deep down within myself an ...
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