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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 61
... write letters at all . In a dim way , of course , I can realize what you are doing , and how the hours go , but I ... writing down the evidence , listening to the proctors and wit- nesses , thinking of questions to ask , trying to make ...
... write letters at all . In a dim way , of course , I can realize what you are doing , and how the hours go , but I ... writing down the evidence , listening to the proctors and wit- nesses , thinking of questions to ask , trying to make ...
Page 107
... writing . This applied even to Government servants . He would never see the head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who ... write on the principle that he could express his meaning in one word where anyone else would require a minimum of ...
... writing . This applied even to Government servants . He would never see the head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who ... write on the principle that he could express his meaning in one word where anyone else would require a minimum of ...
Page 172
... writing . If two people are separated for years and by thousands of miles , they can write to each other either every week or only at long intervals . After two or three years I ceased to write to Lytton once a week , partly because I ...
... writing . If two people are separated for years and by thousands of miles , they can write to each other either every week or only at long intervals . After two or three years I ceased to write to Lytton once a week , partly because I ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Agent allowed arrived asked Assistant became began boat body buffaloes bungalow called Ceylon civil servant Colombo completely course Court curious deal District Dutton elephant extremely face fact feeling felt four gave give given Government Hambantota hand head interesting Jaffna jungle kachcheri Kandy kind knew later leave leopard letter lived looked MICHIGAN miles mind months morning nearly never night once one's passed person play Police Price Province remember riding road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese sitting social stopped strange street suddenly Superintendent talked Tamil temple thing thought told took town trees turned UNIVERSITY usually verandah village walked wanted weeks whole write young