Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 13
Page 23
... Anuradhapura , the most famous of the island's ruined cities , which was just about half - way to Jaffna , one went by train . From there northwards the line was under construction , the only section so far opened being the few miles ...
... Anuradhapura , the most famous of the island's ruined cities , which was just about half - way to Jaffna , one went by train . From there northwards the line was under construction , the only section so far opened being the few miles ...
Page 28
... Anuradhapura and nothing in the universe could be more unlike a London street than the bund of the tank in Anuradhapura . Everything shines and glitters in the fierce sunshine , the great sheet of water , the butterflies , the birds ...
... Anuradhapura and nothing in the universe could be more unlike a London street than the bund of the tank in Anuradhapura . Everything shines and glitters in the fierce sunshine , the great sheet of water , the butterflies , the birds ...
Page 31
... Anuradhapura , 121 miles , had taken me 40 hours , as I find from a letter which I wrote to Lytton Strachey on the day of my arrival . Today one does the journey easily in four hours . The difference is not un- important . Up in one's ...
... Anuradhapura , 121 miles , had taken me 40 hours , as I find from a letter which I wrote to Lytton Strachey on the day of my arrival . Today one does the journey easily in four hours . The difference is not un- important . Up in one's ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Anuradhapura Arabs Arachchi asked Baron Blixen became boat Buddhist buffaloes bullock cart bungalow cattle Ceylon Civil Service civil servant Colombo completely Court curious deal deer dhows District Dutton Elephant Pass Empress Empress Eugénie Engelbrecht enquiry extremely face felt Game Sanctuary Giruwa Pattu Governor Hambantota Hambantota District head headmen immense Jaffna kachcheri Kandy Kandyan Kataragama kind knew koddu lagoon Leonard Woolf leopard letter to Lytton lewaya licences lived looked Magampattu Mannar ment miles mind months morning never night Office Assistant one's oysters Pearl Fishery peon planters play Police Magistrate Province remember Rest House riding rinderpest road round salt sand seemed shooting side Sinhalese social Southorn strange suddenly Superintendent of Police talked Tamil Tangalla temple tennis thing Tissa Tissamaharama told took town trees Twynam Uva Province verandah village Walasmulla walked water hole Woolf