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Page 100
In the evening reluctantly we shot the deer . w I do not know why I am so fond of
animals . They give me the greatest ... I get deep affection for cats and dogs , and
indeed for almost every kind of animal which I have kept . But I also derive very ...
In the evening reluctantly we shot the deer . w I do not know why I am so fond of
animals . They give me the greatest ... I get deep affection for cats and dogs , and
indeed for almost every kind of animal which I have kept . But I also derive very ...
Page 101
Before I leave this subject of animals , which , I know , will irritate many of my
readers , I want to describe a curious incident which I saw take place in the
bungalow by the sea . I have often heard of people who have a magnetic power
over ...
Before I leave this subject of animals , which , I know , will irritate many of my
readers , I want to describe a curious incident which I saw take place in the
bungalow by the sea . I have often heard of people who have a magnetic power
over ...
Page 195
I was very fond of sitting up over a water hole in this way and just watching the
animals come and drink ; I took my rifle and sent my horsekeeper with the trap to
Wirawila , telling him to come back and pick me up at six the next morning . It was
a ...
I was very fond of sitting up over a water hole in this way and just watching the
animals come and drink ; I took my rifle and sent my horsekeeper with the trap to
Wirawila , telling him to come back and pick me up at six the next morning . It was
a ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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