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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... Leonard Woolf . Mr. Sanderasekara had been driving in his trap down the main street of Jaffna and he met the G.A. , Mr. Price , and the O.A. , Mr. Woolf , who were riding up the street in the opposite direction . As they passed one ...
... Leonard Woolf . Mr. Sanderasekara had been driving in his trap down the main street of Jaffna and he met the G.A. , Mr. Price , and the O.A. , Mr. Woolf , who were riding up the street in the opposite direction . As they passed one ...
Page 180
... Leonard Woolf , K.C.M.G. In the main my obsession with work was stimulated by two things , both of which were immensely developed and encouraged as soon as I found myself in charge of the District of Hambantota . I fell in love with the ...
... Leonard Woolf , K.C.M.G. In the main my obsession with work was stimulated by two things , both of which were immensely developed and encouraged as soon as I found myself in charge of the District of Hambantota . I fell in love with the ...
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... Leonard Woolf From the Colonial Office ( in handwriting ) Dear Sir , 29 April , 1912 I am desired to write to you with regard to your letter of the 25th and to say that , before accepting your resignation , Mr. Harcourt would like to ...
... Leonard Woolf From the Colonial Office ( in handwriting ) Dear Sir , 29 April , 1912 I am desired to write to you with regard to your letter of the 25th and to say that , before accepting your resignation , Mr. Harcourt would like to ...
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