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Page 61
At first it is a mere whirl : sitting in sheer ignorance up there in the hum of the
Court , writing down the evidence , listening to the proctors and witnesses ,
thinking of questions to ask , trying to make up your mind — all at the same time .
I felt that ...
At first it is a mere whirl : sitting in sheer ignorance up there in the hum of the
Court , writing down the evidence , listening to the proctors and witnesses ,
thinking of questions to ask , trying to make up your mind — all at the same time .
I felt that ...
Page 64
His bungalow appalled me . It was in a side street , smothered in trees , hot ,
stuffy , full of mosquitoes and geckos — not a breath of air ever found its way in . I
found him sitting at a small table typing out incompetently on a decrepit typewriter
...
His bungalow appalled me . It was in a side street , smothered in trees , hot ,
stuffy , full of mosquitoes and geckos — not a breath of air ever found its way in . I
found him sitting at a small table typing out incompetently on a decrepit typewriter
...
Page 98
late it was , there were always people walking about or sitting in front of their huts
. Very often a pearl dealer or merchant would invite one to sit down with him and
have a small cup of Turkish coffee . As the Fishery went on and they got to know ...
late it was , there were always people walking about or sitting in front of their huts
. Very often a pearl dealer or merchant would invite one to sit down with him and
have a small cup of Turkish coffee . As the Fishery went on and they got to know ...
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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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