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 55
... deal of paternal government unknown in European countries for several hundred years . The machinery of his govern- ment was a large number of headmen , a village headman in each village and superior or chief headmen in charge 55 JAFFNA.
... deal of paternal government unknown in European countries for several hundred years . The machinery of his govern- ment was a large number of headmen , a village headman in each village and superior or chief headmen in charge 55 JAFFNA.
Page 56
... headmen in charge of larger areas . Half his time was - or should have been— spent on circuit , in travelling round his Province acquaint- ing himself with the characters and work of his headmen and the conditions of the people ...
... headmen in charge of larger areas . Half his time was - or should have been— spent on circuit , in travelling round his Province acquaint- ing himself with the characters and work of his headmen and the conditions of the people ...
Page 76
... headmen , the accused , and the child's relations . The young man took us to the place where he had thrown the body into the sea . The headmen collected 20 or 30 villagers and all day long we toiled over the burning blinding white sand ...
... headmen , the accused , and the child's relations . The young man took us to the place where he had thrown the body into the sea . The headmen collected 20 or 30 villagers and all day long we toiled over the burning blinding white sand ...
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