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Page 133
As soon as I got to Kandy , I found that I had indeed entered into an entirely new
world . I am glad that I spent a year of my life at the age of 27 in Kandy , for life
there was unlike any that I have ever known elsewhere , but I did not like it in the
...
As soon as I got to Kandy , I found that I had indeed entered into an entirely new
world . I am glad that I spent a year of my life at the age of 27 in Kandy , for life
there was unlike any that I have ever known elsewhere , but I did not like it in the
...
Page 149
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court and was in Kandy holding the Assizes ; he
and Mrs . Middleton were pleasant people , but almost impossibly respectable .
The Judge had rapped me on the knuckles for not having attended his Court ...
He was a Judge of the Supreme Court and was in Kandy holding the Assizes ; he
and Mrs . Middleton were pleasant people , but almost impossibly respectable .
The Judge had rapped me on the knuckles for not having attended his Court ...
Page 255
A . Kandy , 132 – 171 ; Tyrrell , Sir , F . G . , 134 ; 136 journey to Kandy , 132 ;
society in Kandy , 133 ; work in Vaithianathan , Sir K . , 163 Kandy , 134 ; Kandy
tennis Vigors , C . T . D . , 24 – 25 and Kandy Club , 135 – 137 ; Voltaire , 12 ; 23 ;
37 ...
A . Kandy , 132 – 171 ; Tyrrell , Sir , F . G . , 134 ; 136 journey to Kandy , 132 ;
society in Kandy , 133 ; work in Vaithianathan , Sir K . , 163 Kandy , 134 ; Kandy
tennis Vigors , C . T . D . , 24 – 25 and Kandy Club , 135 – 137 ; Voltaire , 12 ; 23 ;
37 ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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