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 59
... magistrate's work ) when he was summoned to the hospital to take the dying deposition of a man who had had his head . cracked in a brawl . I walked over with him . The hos- pital consists of two long rooms bare and whitewashed , 59 JAFFNA.
... magistrate's work ) when he was summoned to the hospital to take the dying deposition of a man who had had his head . cracked in a brawl . I walked over with him . The hos- pital consists of two long rooms bare and whitewashed , 59 JAFFNA.
Page 191
... walked to my trap , they followed me and , as I drove away , I still heard the dull hostile murmur of their voices . It was the only time in my three years in the Hamban- tota District , in my seven years in Ceylon , that I heard that ...
... walked to my trap , they followed me and , as I drove away , I still heard the dull hostile murmur of their voices . It was the only time in my three years in the Hamban- tota District , in my seven years in Ceylon , that I heard that ...
Page 193
... walked to the trap they had less understanding of my ways , my intentions , my affection for them than the half - bred bitch walking at my heels . They were the nicest of people and I was very fond of them , but they would have thrown ...
... walked to the trap they had less understanding of my ways , my intentions , my affection for them than the half - bred bitch walking at my heels . They were the nicest of people and I was very fond of them , but they would have thrown ...
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