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 126
... allowed to send Leak ( the man who is theoretically my senior and superior here ) instead of me for the present as it would be more convenient . What showed me that he had so completely grasped my position was that when he gave me the ...
... allowed to send Leak ( the man who is theoretically my senior and superior here ) instead of me for the present as it would be more convenient . What showed me that he had so completely grasped my position was that when he gave me the ...
Page 226
... allowed only at intervals and no one was allowed to come to it except on a ticket issued by the Ceylon Govern- ment . A limited number of tickets were sent to the Government of India to issue to would - be Indian pil- grims and a ...
... allowed only at intervals and no one was allowed to come to it except on a ticket issued by the Ceylon Govern- ment . A limited number of tickets were sent to the Government of India to issue to would - be Indian pil- grims and a ...
Page 241
... allowed to wear jackets , but , after some discussion and cogitation , he said that if the women did not put their arms into the sleeves , they might be allowed to wear jackets just hanging round their necks . I told the women that they ...
... allowed to wear jackets , but , after some discussion and cogitation , he said that if the women did not put their arms into the sleeves , they might be allowed to wear jackets just hanging round their necks . I told the women that they ...
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