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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... person , in whose interest it is that personal security shall be preserved - we have , just as in the case of sexual aggressiveness , developed a new tech- nique of invective , which aims at enlisting this third . person against our ...
... person , in whose interest it is that personal security shall be preserved - we have , just as in the case of sexual aggressiveness , developed a new tech- nique of invective , which aims at enlisting this third . person against our ...
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Leonard Woolf. persons had to come through me and practically the only person whom he would ever actually see was myself . If anyone came for an interview , they had to see me and , if they wanted to go beyond me to him , they had to put ...
Leonard Woolf. persons had to come through me and practically the only person whom he would ever actually see was myself . If anyone came for an interview , they had to see me and , if they wanted to go beyond me to him , they had to put ...
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... person with whom he was " dealing " . I got on well with him because I understood him and he knew that I under- stood him and that it was no good his trying to " deal with " me for I was impervious to the glittering eye . Also I did an ...
... person with whom he was " dealing " . I got on well with him because I understood him and he knew that I under- stood him and that it was no good his trying to " deal with " me for I was impervious to the glittering eye . Also I did an ...
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