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He was , I think , rather , pleased to be asked to go for a walk with the A.G.A. and the Salt Superintendent , and he would be seen by all his ... We discussed the matter as we walked in the usual squirrel cage of fruitless argument .
He was , I think , rather , pleased to be asked to go for a walk with the A.G.A. and the Salt Superintendent , and he would be seen by all his ... We discussed the matter as we walked in the usual squirrel cage of fruitless argument .
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Following me and murmuring as I walked to the trap they had less understanding of my ways , my intentions , my affection for them than the half - bred bitch walking at my heels . They were the nicest of people and I was very fond of ...
Following me and murmuring as I walked to the trap they had less understanding of my ways , my intentions , my affection for them than the half - bred bitch walking at my heels . They were the nicest of people and I was very fond of ...
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I knew exactly how the road and the tracks ran and that , if I walked due west , I would come out either dead on the bungalow or a little to the north of it on the Tissa road or a little to the south of it on a path to a village ...
I knew exactly how the road and the tracks ran and that , if I walked due west , I would come out either dead on the bungalow or a little to the north of it on the Tissa road or a little to the south of it on a path to a village ...
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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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