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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... PROVINCE EAS NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL Trincomalee NORTH PROVINCE Puttalam WESTERN Chilaw PROVINCE Matale Kurunegala ROVINCE Negombo COLOMBO Batticaloa PROVINCE Kandy PROVINCE Nuwara Eliya Badulla OF UVA PROVINCE of SABAT WESTERN PROVINCE ...
... PROVINCE EAS NORTH Anuradhapura CENTRAL Trincomalee NORTH PROVINCE Puttalam WESTERN Chilaw PROVINCE Matale Kurunegala ROVINCE Negombo COLOMBO Batticaloa PROVINCE Kandy PROVINCE Nuwara Eliya Badulla OF UVA PROVINCE of SABAT WESTERN PROVINCE ...
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... Provinces and some of the Provinces were subdivided into Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial ...
... Provinces and some of the Provinces were subdivided into Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil servant of 20 years ' service or more . The Provincial ...
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... province as a paternal despot . It was said that he was over 40 years G.A. in Jaffna , so that the Northern Province had only two G.A.'s in 80 years . In 40 years he went back on leave to England only once , and the story was that when ...
... province as a paternal despot . It was said that he was over 40 years G.A. in Jaffna , so that the Northern Province had only two G.A.'s in 80 years . In 40 years he went back on leave to England only once , and the story was that when ...
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1817 LIBRARIES afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service CHIGAN civil servant Colombo Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment MICHIGAN miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf