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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... fact that , if you were thought to be not much of a " good fellow " or not much of a " gentle- man " , this was considered by the Colonial Secretary and his Assistants to qualify you for being a Magistrate or Judge rather than an A.G.A. ...
... fact that , if you were thought to be not much of a " good fellow " or not much of a " gentle- man " , this was considered by the Colonial Secretary and his Assistants to qualify you for being a Magistrate or Judge rather than an A.G.A. ...
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... fact happened was that I had put the finishing touches to a façade behind which I could con- ceal or camouflage my intellect and also hide from most people , both in Ceylon and for the remainder of my life , the fact that I am mentally ...
... fact happened was that I had put the finishing touches to a façade behind which I could con- ceal or camouflage my intellect and also hide from most people , both in Ceylon and for the remainder of my life , the fact that I am mentally ...
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... table and I felt that something had happened . In fact what had happened , thanks to the green collar , the dead cat , and my ability to play bridge better than Sir Herbert Dowbiggin ( whom I got to like very much 40 GROWING.
... table and I felt that something had happened . In fact what had happened , thanks to the green collar , the dead cat , and my ability to play bridge better than Sir Herbert Dowbiggin ( whom I got to like very much 40 GROWING.
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