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 70
... later Miss Beeching did marry Dutton . Oddly enough , I cannot remember whether I was or was not at the wedding - I rather think I was not . At any rate , just about that time I was moved to another post , to Kandy hundreds of miles ...
... later Miss Beeching did marry Dutton . Oddly enough , I cannot remember whether I was or was not at the wedding - I rather think I was not . At any rate , just about that time I was moved to another post , to Kandy hundreds of miles ...
Page 130
... later the man and the peon re- appeared and a sheaf of papers was laid on my table . I glanced through them and signed my name in various places and gave them back to the peon without looking at the white man or saying anything to him ...
... later the man and the peon re- appeared and a sheaf of papers was laid on my table . I glanced through them and signed my name in various places and gave them back to the peon without looking at the white man or saying anything to him ...
Page 239
... later the leaders again asked to see me . We had a meeting and after pro- longed discussion a settlement was proposed to which they said all would agree . Three days later it was announced that the Hakim dispute was ended . These were ...
... later the leaders again asked to see me . We had a meeting and after pro- longed discussion a settlement was proposed to which they said all would agree . Three days later it was announced that the Hakim dispute was ended . These were ...
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