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. |
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... Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil ... District ; he was under the orders of and directly responsible to the G.A. , but , owing to the long distances and ...
... Districts . In charge of the Province was a Government Agent ( al- ways referred to as the G.A. ) , a senior civil ... District ; he was under the orders of and directly responsible to the G.A. , but , owing to the long distances and ...
Page 181
... District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will also show the kind of life which I ...
... District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will also show the kind of life which I ...
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... District returns in first . Mine was a difficult District because in many places there were long distances between the scattered villages and no roads . But the Mudaliyars ( Chief Headmen ) and their subordinate headmen had learned in ...
... District returns in first . Mine was a difficult District because in many places there were long distances between the scattered villages and no roads . But the Mudaliyars ( Chief Headmen ) and their subordinate headmen had learned in ...
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