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. table until he was given a cigarette . But as he and his horns grew , though he remained very affectionate to me and would let me do anything with him , his temper with other people became uncertain . One afternoon when I ...
Leonard Woolf. table until he was given a cigarette . But as he and his horns grew , though he remained very affectionate to me and would let me do anything with him , his temper with other people became uncertain . One afternoon when I ...
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... given a very regal , but warm , good - bye , and as I was making my final bow , Count Clary , with some assumed hesitation , said that , as I had been so good as to ask Her Majesty to let me know of anything which I could do for her ...
... given a very regal , but warm , good - bye , and as I was making my final bow , Count Clary , with some assumed hesitation , said that , as I had been so good as to ask Her Majesty to let me know of anything which I could do for her ...
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... given at the lewaya . I tried another cart of 18 bags and found an excess of 15 lb. I then found that in practically every case in which I had not been present , the weight of a cartload , according to the checkers at the stores , had ...
... given at the lewaya . I tried another cart of 18 bags and found an excess of 15 lb. I then found that in practically every case in which I had not been present , the weight of a cartload , according to the checkers at the stores , had ...
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