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 172
... thought or talked of the things which I was passionately interested in . What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the mountains ) ; my ...
... thought or talked of the things which I was passionately interested in . What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna and Kandy ( except perhaps from Gwen on the seashore and Rachel in the mountains ) ; my ...
Page 173
... thought of that astonishing letter of Ainsworth , do you remember it ? the one I mean which dropped on you after an interval of months dividing it from the deluge of the previous delirium . And then last mail I really thought you had ...
... thought of that astonishing letter of Ainsworth , do you remember it ? the one I mean which dropped on you after an interval of months dividing it from the deluge of the previous delirium . And then last mail I really thought you had ...
Page 180
... thought well of in the Colombo Secretariat , to win pro- motion . Yet I do not think that at any time I ever worked with that consciously in my mind . This was partly be- cause after two or three years in the Civil Service ...
... thought well of in the Colombo Secretariat , to win pro- motion . Yet I do not think that at any time I ever worked with that consciously in my mind . This was partly be- cause after two or three years in the Civil Service ...
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