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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... walked out of the Secre- tariat into the Colombo sun , which in the late morning hits one as if a burning hand were smacking one's face , the whole of my past life in London and Cambridge seemed suddenly to have vanished , to have faded ...
... walked out of the Secre- tariat into the Colombo sun , which in the late morning hits one as if a burning hand were smacking one's face , the whole of my past life in London and Cambridge seemed suddenly to have vanished , to have faded ...
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... walked a good deal , for we had little difficulty in keeping up with the bulls . But at night we lay on the postbags , the District Engineer on one side and I on the other with the dog between us . Each time that the rolling of the cart ...
... walked a good deal , for we had little difficulty in keeping up with the bulls . But at night we lay on the postbags , the District Engineer on one side and I on the other with the dog between us . Each time that the rolling of the cart ...
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... walked to the trap they had less understanding of my ways , my intentions , my affection for them than the half - bred bitch walking at my heels . They were the nicest of people and I was very fond of them , but they would have thrown ...
... walked to the trap they had less understanding of my ways , my intentions , my affection for them than the half - bred bitch walking at my heels . They were the nicest of people and I was very fond of them , but they would have thrown ...
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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