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Page 72
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 . As the Duttons
...
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 . As the Duttons
...
Page 83
Typhoid seemed to have drained all strength out of both body and brain .
Someone — I forget who — took me for a few days into his bungalow down on
the shore of the Jaffna lagoon and one evening I foolishly crawled along the road
to the ...
Typhoid seemed to have drained all strength out of both body and brain .
Someone — I forget who — took me for a few days into his bungalow down on
the shore of the Jaffna lagoon and one evening I foolishly crawled along the road
to the ...
Page 196
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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