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 80
... stayed . For several hours I trudged about in the blazing sun inspecting what was being done and the number of workers , and calculating how much rice would be needed for next week . Then I sailed back to Jaffna . I had to do this every ...
... stayed . For several hours I trudged about in the blazing sun inspecting what was being done and the number of workers , and calculating how much rice would be needed for next week . Then I sailed back to Jaffna . I had to do this every ...
Page 148
... stayed in bed for a day , I should be perfectly all right . For the next 24 hours I stayed in bed , doing my kachcheri work there , and as the giddiness had completely gone off , I got up next day and worked in the kachcheri . In the ...
... stayed in bed for a day , I should be perfectly all right . For the next 24 hours I stayed in bed , doing my kachcheri work there , and as the giddiness had completely gone off , I got up next day and worked in the kachcheri . In the ...
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... stayed with Virginia in a house which she rented in Firle near Lewes . And I went up to Cambridge , and stayed with Moore and Lytton on Dartmoor . In the autumn Virginia and Adrian took a large house in Brunswick Square . They let the ...
... stayed with Virginia in a house which she rented in Firle near Lewes . And I went up to Cambridge , and stayed with Moore and Lytton on Dartmoor . In the autumn Virginia and Adrian took a large house in Brunswick Square . They let the ...
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