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... Diana's beauty was less reticent , and perhaps less calculated , than her mother's . It shone from afar . Few modern women , I suppose , on their first appear- ance , have received such acclamations . ' Even at the age of eighteen ...
... Diana's beauty was less reticent , and perhaps less calculated , than her mother's . It shone from afar . Few modern women , I suppose , on their first appear- ance , have received such acclamations . ' Even at the age of eighteen ...
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... Diana's family . Soon after the break- down of his first marriage , he married her enchanting niece Elizabeth . Diana disapproved ; she had always adopted a faintly critical attitude towards her elder sister and her sister's children ...
... Diana's family . Soon after the break- down of his first marriage , he married her enchanting niece Elizabeth . Diana disapproved ; she had always adopted a faintly critical attitude towards her elder sister and her sister's children ...
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... Diana Cooper , Philip Ziegler , 1981 . 16. Feminine Beauty , Kenneth Clark , 1980 . 17. Diana Cooper , Philip Ziegler , 1981 . 2 THE DESIRE TO PLEASE 1. Edwardian Daughter , Sonia Keppel , 1958 . 2. Great Morning , Osbert Sitwell , 1948 ...
... Diana Cooper , Philip Ziegler , 1981 . 16. Feminine Beauty , Kenneth Clark , 1980 . 17. Diana Cooper , Philip Ziegler , 1981 . 2 THE DESIRE TO PLEASE 1. Edwardian Daughter , Sonia Keppel , 1958 . 2. Great Morning , Osbert Sitwell , 1948 ...
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