Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. "He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding" (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs. |
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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 enemy ...
... 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 enemy ...
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An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911 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 ...
An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911 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 ...
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... person , the kind of person who under the most unfavourable circumstances can help to " make the party go " . Living in a kind of hill station , we were invaded socially from so many different sides . Apart from the large permanent ...
... person , the kind of person who under the most unfavourable circumstances can help to " make the party go " . Living in a kind of hill station , we were invaded socially from so many different sides . Apart from the large permanent ...
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