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 31
Today one does the journey easily in four hours . The difference is not
unimportant . Up in one ' s brain and deep down in one ' s heart and one ' s belly ,
the quality of one ' s life is very much affected by its tempo ; the tempo of living is
itself ...
Today one does the journey easily in four hours . The difference is not
unimportant . Up in one ' s brain and deep down in one ' s heart and one ' s belly ,
the quality of one ' s life is very much affected by its tempo ; the tempo of living is
itself ...
Page 95
Four men waded out to the boat : the corpse was lifted out and placed on their
shoulders . Forty years ago , when the scene was still vividly in my memory , I
wrote down a description of it , and I think it is better to quote it here verbatim
rather ...
Four men waded out to the boat : the corpse was lifted out and placed on their
shoulders . Forty years ago , when the scene was still vividly in my memory , I
wrote down a description of it , and I think it is better to quote it here verbatim
rather ...
Page 134
He was four years my senior and is one of the few of my Ceylon contemporaries
who is still alive at the age of 84 . When he went on leave , my sister Bella came
out at the end of 1907 to stay with me . She was with me until I was transferred to
...
He was four years my senior and is one of the few of my Ceylon contemporaries
who is still alive at the age of 84 . When he went on leave , my sister Bella came
out at the end of 1907 to stay with me . She was with me until I was transferred to
...
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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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