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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... told me that I was talking nonsense . Emboldened by Charles , the dead cat , and the dead snake , I told him what cards had been played by whom and turned up the trick which proved that he had revoked . Silence fell upon the bridge ...
... told me that I was talking nonsense . Emboldened by Charles , the dead cat , and the dead snake , I told him what cards had been played by whom and turned up the trick which proved that he had revoked . Silence fell upon the bridge ...
Page 131
... told him that unless he paid for the licence in cash I would not give it to him . He tried to bluster , but I had him turned out of my room and out of the kachcheri . The clerks told me later that he had returned and paid in cash for ...
... told him that unless he paid for the licence in cash I would not give it to him . He tried to bluster , but I had him turned out of my room and out of the kachcheri . The clerks told me later that he had returned and paid in cash for ...
Page 234
... told - very confidentially - that in a latrine that I was having built in the town the work was being done in a most dishonest way with the connivance of the Govern- ment officer responsible . What should have been solid cement ...
... told - very confidentially - that in a latrine that I was having built in the town the work was being done in a most dishonest way with the connivance of the Govern- ment officer responsible . What should have been solid cement ...
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