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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... been cut absolutely straight through the kind of solid jungle which covered and still covers a large portion of Ceylon . If the bullock cart stopped at any time and you looked back along the road as far as you could see and 28 GROWING.
... been cut absolutely straight through the kind of solid jungle which covered and still covers a large portion of Ceylon . If the bullock cart stopped at any time and you looked back along the road as far as you could see and 28 GROWING.
Page 111
... stopped he impetuously opened the carriage door in order to get out and buy himself an orange or plantain . His foot slipped and he fell between the train and the platform , or would have done if I had not caught him round the waist and ...
... stopped he impetuously opened the carriage door in order to get out and buy himself an orange or plantain . His foot slipped and he fell between the train and the platform , or would have done if I had not caught him round the waist and ...
Page 185
... stopped and said : " Now , Abdul Rahman , will you take Rs . 1.80 ? " and when he shook his head , I said : " I am going to walk on to Tissa which , if we go on at this pace , we shall reach about two in the morning , for we have ...
... stopped and said : " Now , Abdul Rahman , will you take Rs . 1.80 ? " and when he shook his head , I said : " I am going to walk on to Tissa which , if we go on at this pace , we shall reach about two in the morning , for we have ...
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