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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office I always sent for the head clerk and said to him : “ Every letter received in
this kachcheri after this week must be ... office the number of letters received daily
is so large that it would be totally impossible to answer them in the same day .
office I always sent for the head clerk and said to him : “ Every letter received in
this kachcheri after this week must be ... office the number of letters received daily
is so large that it would be totally impossible to answer them in the same day .
Page 173
I think that my state of mind is honestly and accurately described in the following
letter which I wrote to Lytton about a month after I arrived in Hambantota : 2nd Oct
. , 1908 Hambantota Ceylon I have often been on the point of writing in the last ...
I think that my state of mind is honestly and accurately described in the following
letter which I wrote to Lytton about a month after I arrived in Hambantota : 2nd Oct
. , 1908 Hambantota Ceylon I have often been on the point of writing in the last ...
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I received from him the following letter : Downing Street , 16 February , 1912 Sir , I
am directed by Mr . Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 14th February applying for an extension of your leave of absence from ...
I received from him the following letter : Downing Street , 16 February , 1912 Sir , I
am directed by Mr . Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 14th February applying for an extension of your leave of absence from ...
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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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