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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Page 159
... Buddhism . It has to be admitted that he was the only real Buddhist whom I met in Ceylon , the only one who understood , believed , and practised the " higher ” doctrines of this strange religion . As he explained it to me , it was a ...
... Buddhism . It has to be admitted that he was the only real Buddhist whom I met in Ceylon , the only one who understood , believed , and practised the " higher ” doctrines of this strange religion . As he explained it to me , it was a ...
Page 161
... Buddhist flock and their Buddhist shepherd , a saffron - robed priest who came to my tent after I had had dinner one evening when I was on circuit in one of the remotest spots in my District of Hambantota , the roadless country in the ...
... Buddhist flock and their Buddhist shepherd , a saffron - robed priest who came to my tent after I had had dinner one evening when I was on circuit in one of the remotest spots in my District of Hambantota , the roadless country in the ...
Page 243
... Buddhist procession , contrary to the terms of the licence , beat their tom - toms while passing the mosque . Some Moslems tried to stop this and the Buddhists fell upon them and severely handled them . The Moslems in 243 HAM B ANTOTA.
... Buddhist procession , contrary to the terms of the licence , beat their tom - toms while passing the mosque . Some Moslems tried to stop this and the Buddhists fell upon them and severely handled them . The Moslems in 243 HAM B ANTOTA.
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