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Page 22
The day after my arrival I went down to the harbour to meet the Bibby boat .
Charles , who had been overfed by the fond ship ' s butcher and was now
inordinately fat , greeted me with wild delight . He tore about ecstatically as we
walked along ...
The day after my arrival I went down to the harbour to meet the Bibby boat .
Charles , who had been overfed by the fond ship ' s butcher and was now
inordinately fat , greeted me with wild delight . He tore about ecstatically as we
walked along ...
Page 56
Indeed within four months of my arrival in Ceylon and three months of my arrival
in Jaffna , I was , to all intents and purposes , left for two weeks entirely and solely
in charge of the Northern Province , because the G . A . was miles away and out ...
Indeed within four months of my arrival in Ceylon and three months of my arrival
in Jaffna , I was , to all intents and purposes , left for two weeks entirely and solely
in charge of the Northern Province , because the G . A . was miles away and out ...
Page 219
Two days later the party arrived and their leader Count Frijs called on me ,
accompanied by his daughter . The Count was a tall , very good - looking Swede
; the Countess made my heart , chaste and chastened by two years in
Hambantota ...
Two days later the party arrived and their leader Count Frijs called on me ,
accompanied by his daughter . The Count was a tall , very good - looking Swede
; the Countess made my heart , chaste and chastened by two years in
Hambantota ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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