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Page 85
One must always say the same things in the same cheery way , and , as I do of
course , the awkwardness is only felt by myself . I have definitely promised to stay
next week with two of them on their estates about 10 miles away : I shall have to ...
One must always say the same things in the same cheery way , and , as I do of
course , the awkwardness is only felt by myself . I have definitely promised to stay
next week with two of them on their estates about 10 miles away : I shall have to ...
Page 112
Of course I knew he was of a caste to hate doing it , but he was also a person
who wanted a lesson given to him . There are other things like that : I expect a
row . ” The way I did this was , of course , crudely wrong , but the Governor
accepted ...
Of course I knew he was of a caste to hate doing it , but he was also a person
who wanted a lesson given to him . There are other things like that : I expect a
row . ” The way I did this was , of course , crudely wrong , but the Governor
accepted ...
Page 126
I was determined - partly because he had really been nice to me , I have almost
lived in his house for a year — not to go without his full consent , but of course I
checkmated that argument . I put him in such a position that I was practically
bound ...
I was determined - partly because he had really been nice to me , I have almost
lived in his house for a year — not to go without his full consent , but of course I
checkmated that argument . I put him in such a position that I was practically
bound ...
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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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