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When later on in Ceylon I became an extremely incompetent shooter of big game
and , in cutting up the animals killed by me , saw the disgusting , semi - digested
contents of their upper intestines , I was always reminded of the contents of ...
When later on in Ceylon I became an extremely incompetent shooter of big game
and , in cutting up the animals killed by me , saw the disgusting , semi - digested
contents of their upper intestines , I was always reminded of the contents of ...
Page 137
It was a good example of how much deeper pain goes than pleasure , and
unkindness than kindness , that I was not in the least consoled when , having
played the very next hand extremely well , I was highly praised by Turner and
even ...
It was a good example of how much deeper pain goes than pleasure , and
unkindness than kindness , that I was not in the least consoled when , having
played the very next hand extremely well , I was highly praised by Turner and
even ...
Page 178
I am deep down within myself an extremely ambitious person , desiring success .
At the same time I despise success and those who pursue it , even to some extent
those who attain it . It is usually much less ssamaharama Palalupana ...
I am deep down within myself an extremely ambitious person , desiring success .
At the same time I despise success and those who pursue it , even to some extent
those who attain it . It is usually much less ssamaharama Palalupana ...
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User Review - Jenney - LibraryThingIn the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ... Read full review
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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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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