Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 69
After I had lived some months with Dutton , I began to urge him to mix with other
people and suggested that he should come with me one evening to the tennis
courts . At first he refused , but I saw that he was rather anxious to do so , and that
...
After I had lived some months with Dutton , I began to urge him to mix with other
people and suggested that he should come with me one evening to the tennis
courts . At first he refused , but I saw that he was rather anxious to do so , and that
...
Page 149
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court and was in Kandy holding the Assizes ; he
and Mrs . Middleton were pleasant people , but almost impossibly respectable .
The Judge had rapped me on the knuckles for not having attended his Court ...
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court and was in Kandy holding the Assizes ; he
and Mrs . Middleton were pleasant people , but almost impossibly respectable .
The Judge had rapped me on the knuckles for not having attended his Court ...
Page 202
Being Police Magistrate as well as A . G . A . I used to walk over from the
kachcheri to the Police Court to try cases in the afternoon when I was in
Hambantota town . One afternoon when I got to the Court I found half the male
population of the ...
Being Police Magistrate as well as A . G . A . I used to walk over from the
kachcheri to the Police Court to try cases in the afternoon when I was in
Hambantota town . One afternoon when I got to the Court I found half the male
population of the ...
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User Review - Jenney - LibraryThingIn the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ... Read full review
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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| Title | Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Volume 2 of An autobiography, Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Autobiography, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202521, 9780701202521 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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