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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... Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil ... District ; he was under the orders of and directly responsible to the G.A. , but , owing to the long distances and ...
... Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil ... District ; he was under the orders of and directly responsible to the G.A. , but , owing to the long distances and ...
Page 178
... District , I found Southorn , the District Judge , and Hodson , the Superintendent of Police , and we dined together . When I went on circuit 20 miles east to Tissa- maharama , I found Wilson , the Irrigation Engineer , and we would ...
... District , I found Southorn , the District Judge , and Hodson , the Superintendent of Police , and we dined together . When I went on circuit 20 miles east to Tissa- maharama , I found Wilson , the Irrigation Engineer , and we would ...
Page 181
... District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will also show the kind of life which I ...
... District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will also show the kind of life which I ...
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