Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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Page 175
... Giruwa Pattu in the centre , and West Giruwa Pattu in the west . Magampattu was almost entirely covered with jungle . It contained the small town of Hambantota , but otherwise only small scattered and usually poverty stricken villages ...
... Giruwa Pattu in the centre , and West Giruwa Pattu in the west . Magampattu was almost entirely covered with jungle . It contained the small town of Hambantota , but otherwise only small scattered and usually poverty stricken villages ...
Page 180
... Giruwa Pattu and the jungles of Magampattu became a passion with me . In the 22 years in Hambantota , it is almost true to I worked all day from the moment I got up in the morning until the moment I went to bed at night , for I rarely ...
... Giruwa Pattu and the jungles of Magampattu became a passion with me . In the 22 years in Hambantota , it is almost true to I worked all day from the moment I got up in the morning until the moment I went to bed at night , for I rarely ...
Page 189
... Giruwa Pattu into Sabaragamuwa at Kach- chigala . This is a most inaccessible place but as the Mudaliyar of East Giruwa Pattu who has been re- moved from service has not been able to effect any- thing I decided to make a forced march up ...
... Giruwa Pattu into Sabaragamuwa at Kach- chigala . This is a most inaccessible place but as the Mudaliyar of East Giruwa Pattu who has been re- moved from service has not been able to effect any- thing I decided to make a forced march up ...
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