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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... Empress , a real historical Empress or ex - Empress . She was the Empress Eugénie of France . She was- strangely , I think — a friend of Sir Thomas Lipton , who made his fortune out of tea , and early in 1908 he lent her his yacht to go ...
... Empress , a real historical Empress or ex - Empress . She was the Empress Eugénie of France . She was- strangely , I think — a friend of Sir Thomas Lipton , who made his fortune out of tea , and early in 1908 he lent her his yacht to go ...
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... Empress Eugénie . In 1908 her face to me seemed positively ugly . Other accounts by people who knew her well do not agree with this ; for instance , Ethel Smyth wrote of the Empress in Impressions that Remained : " I remember saying to ...
... Empress Eugénie . In 1908 her face to me seemed positively ugly . Other accounts by people who knew her well do not agree with this ; for instance , Ethel Smyth wrote of the Empress in Impressions that Remained : " I remember saying to ...
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... Empress to arrive . When she came , an absurd procession formed up . Clifford was a very tall man , over six foot high , with a broad strong body and a large head and face . He and the Empress led the procession and they walked so ...
... Empress to arrive . When she came , an absurd procession formed up . Clifford was a very tall man , over six foot high , with a broad strong body and a large head and face . He and the Empress led the procession and they walked so ...
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