Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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... animals . They give me the greatest pleasure both emotionally and intellect- ually . I get deep affection for cats and dogs , and indeed for almost every kind of animal which I have kept . But I also derive very great pleasure from ...
... animals . They give me the greatest pleasure both emotionally and intellect- ually . I get deep affection for cats and dogs , and indeed for almost every kind of animal which I have kept . But I also derive very great pleasure from ...
Page 191
... animals ; there was a hostile murmur from the small crowd . I explained to them that the owner had been warned , that by not impounding his animals he was in- fecting them and helping to spread the disease to other people's cattle all ...
... animals ; there was a hostile murmur from the small crowd . I explained to them that the owner had been warned , that by not impounding his animals he was in- fecting them and helping to spread the disease to other people's cattle all ...
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... animals , and to follow him into a dark cave is sheer madness , as Engelbrecht knew even better than I. At first one ... animal's mate - leapt out of the shadows and disappeared into the back of the cave . ( He got out through a hole at ...
... animals , and to follow him into a dark cave is sheer madness , as Engelbrecht knew even better than I. At first one ... animal's mate - leapt out of the shadows and disappeared into the back of the cave . ( He got out through a hole at ...
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