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The sky , the sea , the stars , the turtles , the bay , the palms were so lusciously magnificent at Tangalla Rest House that Nature seemed to tremble on the verge — I don't think she ever actually fell over the verge — of vulgarity .
The sky , the sea , the stars , the turtles , the bay , the palms were so lusciously magnificent at Tangalla Rest House that Nature seemed to tremble on the verge — I don't think she ever actually fell over the verge — of vulgarity .
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But when I have , the misery and horrors of convalescence have always seemed to me infinitely worse than those of the illness . Typhoid seemed to have drained all strength out of both body and brain . Someone — I forget whotook me for a ...
But when I have , the misery and horrors of convalescence have always seemed to me infinitely worse than those of the illness . Typhoid seemed to have drained all strength out of both body and brain . Someone — I forget whotook me for a ...
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He was entirely alone , performing what seemed to be an intricate dance . I have twice in my life seen March hares in the Sussex water - meadows performing their extraordinary dances . The jackal seemed to be doing the same thing .
He was entirely alone , performing what seemed to be an intricate dance . I have twice in my life seen March hares in the Sussex water - meadows performing their extraordinary dances . The jackal seemed to be doing the same thing .
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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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