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Page 106
He was a terrific snob and was - or believed himself to be — a Welsh landowner
and gentleman — and he believed that practically no one else in Ceylon was a
gentleman . He had three passions : regularity in his everyday life , horses , and ...
He was a terrific snob and was - or believed himself to be — a Welsh landowner
and gentleman — and he believed that practically no one else in Ceylon was a
gentleman . He had three passions : regularity in his everyday life , horses , and ...
Page 126
I put him in such a position that I was practically bound to go or he would have
practically to go back on his word . I went to bed on Thursday wondering how he
would manage it but certain that he would prevent me going . He took his own
way ...
I put him in such a position that I was practically bound to go or he would have
practically to go back on his word . I went to bed on Thursday wondering how he
would manage it but certain that he would prevent me going . He took his own
way ...
Page 167
In the other case four men had to hang one morning and they were hanged two
by two . The first two were hanged correctly , but either they gave one of the
second two too big a drop or something else went wrong for his head was
practically ...
In the other case four men had to hang one morning and they were hanged two
by two . The first two were hanged correctly , but either they gave one of the
second two too big a drop or something else went wrong for his head was
practically ...
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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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