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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... strange Asiatic country ; I did not realize this at the time , though I felt something in the atmosphere which to me was slightly strange and dis- concerting . It was this element in the social atmosphere or climate which gave the touch ...
... strange Asiatic country ; I did not realize this at the time , though I felt something in the atmosphere which to me was slightly strange and dis- concerting . It was this element in the social atmosphere or climate which gave the touch ...
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... strange character ; a strange fate , partly due to me , befell him , but I will deal with him and his fate in greater detail later . This , as I have said , was the top stratum of Jaffna society whose social routine was incredibly ...
... strange character ; a strange fate , partly due to me , befell him , but I will deal with him and his fate in greater detail later . This , as I have said , was the top stratum of Jaffna society whose social routine was incredibly ...
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... strange sight one day when I was out with the same Watcher in thick jungle . We heard quite near us the most extraordinary guttural roaring noise . I had never heard it before and I asked the Watcher what it was ; he said that he did ...
... strange sight one day when I was out with the same Watcher in thick jungle . We heard quite near us the most extraordinary guttural roaring noise . I had never heard it before and I asked the Watcher what it was ; he said that he did ...
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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