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 79
... called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty it is to do justice and protect law and order . Too often one watches the line between the criminal and the policeman or the judge ...
... called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty it is to do justice and protect law and order . Too often one watches the line between the criminal and the policeman or the judge ...
Page 143
... called Nugawela , and the Government Agent . In fact both the G.A. and the Diwa Nilame , as he was usually called , had a key to the shrine , and without the two being present the door could not be unlocked . In practice I , as O.A. ...
... called Nugawela , and the Government Agent . In fact both the G.A. and the Diwa Nilame , as he was usually called , had a key to the shrine , and without the two being present the door could not be unlocked . In practice I , as O.A. ...
Page 150
... called Smith just as he always called me Woolf - very much , and so I weakly agreed . In 1907 Kandy and its surroundings were entrancingly beautiful . It was half - way between the low country and the high mountains and enjoyed the best ...
... called Smith just as he always called me Woolf - very much , and so I weakly agreed . In 1907 Kandy and its surroundings were entrancingly beautiful . It was half - way between the low country and the high mountains and enjoyed the best ...
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