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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... shooting . I got to know a great deal about these sportsmen and the business of big game shooting ; the more I learned , the less grew my love and respect for those who shoot and for those who organize the shooting . West of Magampattu ...
... shooting . I got to know a great deal about these sportsmen and the business of big game shooting ; the more I learned , the less grew my love and respect for those who shoot and for those who organize the shooting . West of Magampattu ...
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... shooting . Before I came to the Dis- trict I had done very little shooting , but I soon began to do quite a lot of it . The food which one got normally in a place like Hambantota was very dreary , particularly the eternal aged stringy ...
... shooting . Before I came to the Dis- trict I had done very little shooting , but I soon began to do quite a lot of it . The food which one got normally in a place like Hambantota was very dreary , particularly the eternal aged stringy ...
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An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Leonard Woolf. shoot and he asked me to come and see his trophies . His shooting had improved enormously since the evening at Tissa . I cannot now remember exactly what he showed me , but certainly ...
An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Leonard Woolf. shoot and he asked me to come and see his trophies . His shooting had improved enormously since the evening at Tissa . I cannot now remember exactly what he showed me , but certainly ...
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1817 LIBRARIES afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Assistant Government Agent Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service CHIGAN civil servant Colombo Court curious deal deer District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment MICHIGAN miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf