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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Leonard Woolf. address interspersed with curses at the drivers of bullock carts who got in his way . " Ah , my dear Woolf , how I hate this bloody island . I shall have something to say to the Almighty when I meet him . I didn't ask for ...
Leonard Woolf. address interspersed with curses at the drivers of bullock carts who got in his way . " Ah , my dear Woolf , how I hate this bloody island . I shall have something to say to the Almighty when I meet him . I didn't ask for ...
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Leonard Woolf. self to one of the gentlemen who told me that his name was Count Clary and he introduced me to the other three and to the Empress when she descended from the railway carriage . I told her that I represented the Government ...
Leonard Woolf. self to one of the gentlemen who told me that his name was Count Clary and he introduced me to the other three and to the Empress when she descended from the railway carriage . I told her that I represented the Government ...
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Leonard Woolf. satisfactory in attainment than in anticipation , while failure is even more bitter when it falls upon one than it was when one feared or foresaw it . I am sure that I wanted to be successful in the Ceylon Civil Service ...
Leonard Woolf. satisfactory in attainment than in anticipation , while failure is even more bitter when it falls upon one than it was when one feared or foresaw it . I am sure that I wanted to be successful in the Ceylon Civil Service ...
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