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Page 56
In these circumstances a vast amount of interesting and important work was open
to the O . A . , particularly if he was energetic and the G . A . a little lazy . The
Cadet was in a very different position . Fresh out from England , completely
ignorant ...
In these circumstances a vast amount of interesting and important work was open
to the O . A . , particularly if he was energetic and the G . A . a little lazy . The
Cadet was in a very different position . Fresh out from England , completely
ignorant ...
Page 118
On the esplanade we had made a primitive and not very interesting golf course .
Price and I played golf . Mrs . Price sometimes walked with us and sometimes
went for a ride with her dog Twilight . I had given Twilight to Mrs . Price and they ...
On the esplanade we had made a primitive and not very interesting golf course .
Price and I played golf . Mrs . Price sometimes walked with us and sometimes
went for a ride with her dog Twilight . I had given Twilight to Mrs . Price and they ...
Page 152
The next morning Eduard said to Charlotte : ' She is a pleasant and interesting
girl . ' ' Interesting , ' Charlotte replied with a smile , ' why she never said a word . '
•Did she not , ' Eduard rejoined while he seemed to retrace his thoughts , ' how ...
The next morning Eduard said to Charlotte : ' She is a pleasant and interesting
girl . ' ' Interesting , ' Charlotte replied with a smile , ' why she never said a word . '
•Did she not , ' Eduard rejoined while he seemed to retrace his thoughts , ' how ...
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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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