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 37
... suddenly had to be trans- ported over hundreds of miles in country which some- times was without a railway . I am a little proud of the fact that socially I lived down the 90 volumes and physically brought them back to England in fair ...
... suddenly had to be trans- ported over hundreds of miles in country which some- times was without a railway . I am a little proud of the fact that socially I lived down the 90 volumes and physically brought them back to England in fair ...
Page 210
... suddenly , as I so often did , in thick jungle he seemed to me gigantic tower- ing up above me ; there is , too , something primeval and malignant about him , his pachydermatous greyness , his wicked little eye , the menace of his trunk ...
... suddenly , as I so often did , in thick jungle he seemed to me gigantic tower- ing up above me ; there is , too , something primeval and malignant about him , his pachydermatous greyness , his wicked little eye , the menace of his trunk ...
Page 217
... suddenly remembered Mermaid , pulled up the pony , and was horrified to find that she was not with us . She must have been frightened by the thundering of hoofs on the sand and bolted back into the jungle . I went all round the edge of ...
... suddenly remembered Mermaid , pulled up the pony , and was horrified to find that she was not with us . She must have been frightened by the thundering of hoofs on the sand and bolted back into the jungle . I went all round the edge of ...
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