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 118
... completely dried up , not a sign or sound of life anywhere , not a drop of water , not a speck of mud in any ditch or pond . While I was working at the kachcheri , the monsoon broke , the heavens opened , and I rode back in drenching ...
... completely dried up , not a sign or sound of life anywhere , not a drop of water , not a speck of mud in any ditch or pond . While I was working at the kachcheri , the monsoon broke , the heavens opened , and I rode back in drenching ...
Page 122
... completely lost my way . The sandy track in the wilderness of sand was quite invisible and there were no villages and no inhabitants . All I could do was to look at the stars and ride south and trust to luck . My horse then performed ...
... completely lost my way . The sandy track in the wilderness of sand was quite invisible and there were no villages and no inhabitants . All I could do was to look at the stars and ride south and trust to luck . My horse then performed ...
Page 185
... completely empty except for the darkening sky above our heads and the unending road beneath our feet . Abdul Rahman was not a good walker and the Salt Superintendent , a large Malay , showed signs of wilting . At the second milestone I ...
... completely empty except for the darkening sky above our heads and the unending road beneath our feet . Abdul Rahman was not a good walker and the Salt Superintendent , a large Malay , showed signs of wilting . At the second milestone I ...
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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