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 113
... Governor and to the Central Government in Colombo . I said that I had never deliberately hit Mr. Sanderasekara or anyone else in Jaffna or anywhere else in the world with a riding whip . But I did remember how restive my horse had been ...
... Governor and to the Central Government in Colombo . I said that I had never deliberately hit Mr. Sanderasekara or anyone else in Jaffna or anywhere else in the world with a riding whip . But I did remember how restive my horse had been ...
Page 170
... Governor , a glamorous lady , the wife of an officer in the Indian Army , visited Kandy for a few weeks . One evening , riding with Rachel in Lady Horton's Walk , a carriage passed us in which sat Clifford and the lady , and even that ...
... Governor , a glamorous lady , the wife of an officer in the Indian Army , visited Kandy for a few weeks . One evening , riding with Rachel in Lady Horton's Walk , a carriage passed us in which sat Clifford and the lady , and even that ...
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... Governor confidentially . 3. If , however , you would prefer not to state the exact nature of the private affairs , Mr. Harcourt will ask the Governor whether an extension can be granted to you on the ground of service , without making ...
... Governor confidentially . 3. If , however , you would prefer not to state the exact nature of the private affairs , Mr. Harcourt will ask the Governor whether an extension can be granted to you on the ground of service , without making ...
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