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Travelling through it by road , all you see is the two unending solid walls of trees
and undergrowth on either side of you . The green walls are high enough to
prevent the slightest eddy of wind stirring the hot air . The jungle is almost always
...
Travelling through it by road , all you see is the two unending solid walls of trees
and undergrowth on either side of you . The green walls are high enough to
prevent the slightest eddy of wind stirring the hot air . The jungle is almost always
...
Page 79
I am all and always upon the side of law and order , and my time in Ceylon ,
where I was on the Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this
attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for
everyone must ...
I am all and always upon the side of law and order , and my time in Ceylon ,
where I was on the Government side of the fence , strengthened me in this
attitude , simply because without law and order , strictly enforced , life for
everyone must ...
Page 244
Next morning the leading Moslems and Buddhists came to see me , and the
following entry in my official diary shows what happened : The leaders on both
sides wished to settle the matter of yesterday amicably . No one had been
seriously ...
Next morning the leading Moslems and Buddhists came to see me , and the
following entry in my official diary shows what happened : The leaders on both
sides wished to settle the matter of yesterday amicably . No one had been
seriously ...
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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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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