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For some strange reason a wizened little Lord X - I have completely forgotten his name and hardly knew him at the time — kept him for me in his rooms in Jesus Lane . Charles was an extremely intelligent and affectionate dog ...
For some strange reason a wizened little Lord X - I have completely forgotten his name and hardly knew him at the time — kept him for me in his rooms in Jesus Lane . Charles was an extremely intelligent and affectionate dog ...
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When later on in Ceylon I became an extremely incompetent shooter of big game and , in cutting up the animals killed by me , saw the disgusting , semi - digested contents of their upper intestines , I was always reminded of the contents ...
When later on in Ceylon I became an extremely incompetent shooter of big game and , in cutting up the animals killed by me , saw the disgusting , semi - digested contents of their upper intestines , I was always reminded of the contents ...
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It was a good example of how much deeper pain goes than pleasure , and unkindness than kindness , that I was not in the least consoled when , having played the very next hand extremely well , I was highly praised by Turner and even ...
It was a good example of how much deeper pain goes than pleasure , and unkindness than kindness , that I was not in the least consoled when , having played the very next hand extremely well , I was highly praised by Turner and even ...
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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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