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 94
... hand on my shoulder to emphasize the torrent of his words . Once towards the end of the Fishery , when they all knew me well and I had got to know some of them quite well , one of them before he left the koddu rushed up to me , put one hand ...
... hand on my shoulder to emphasize the torrent of his words . Once towards the end of the Fishery , when they all knew me well and I had got to know some of them quite well , one of them before he left the koddu rushed up to me , put one hand ...
Page 96
... hand on the head of the weeping man and spoke to him calmly , eloquently , compassionately . I didn't understand Arabic , but I could understand what he was saying . The dead man had lived , had worked , had died . He had died working ...
... hand on the head of the weeping man and spoke to him calmly , eloquently , compassionately . I didn't understand Arabic , but I could understand what he was saying . The dead man had lived , had worked , had died . He had died working ...
Page 137
... hand which included six diamonds , I did not bid . When the hand had been played , " I suppose , Woolf " , said the angry judge bitterly , " in Jaffna you don't bid diamonds unless have thirteen of them . " Inside I was as angry as the ...
... hand which included six diamonds , I did not bid . When the hand had been played , " I suppose , Woolf " , said the angry judge bitterly , " in Jaffna you don't bid diamonds unless have thirteen of them . " Inside I was as angry as the ...
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