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... James at his studio in ' the most delicious melancholy old house ' , its walls covered with ' large , fanciful portraits of women ... narrow , special , monotonous ' , the painter's chief subject , James noticed , being Mrs William ...
... James at his studio in ' the most delicious melancholy old house ' , its walls covered with ' large , fanciful portraits of women ... narrow , special , monotonous ' , the painter's chief subject , James noticed , being Mrs William ...
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... James Lees - Milne , 1980 . 9. Harold Nicolson : A Biography , James Lees - Milne , 1980 . 10. Extract from Virginia Woolf's diary , quoted in Virginia Woolf , Quentin Bell , 1972 . 3 THE DISINTERESTED GIFT 1. Roger Fry : A Biography ...
... James Lees - Milne , 1980 . 9. Harold Nicolson : A Biography , James Lees - Milne , 1980 . 10. Extract from Virginia Woolf's diary , quoted in Virginia Woolf , Quentin Bell , 1972 . 3 THE DISINTERESTED GIFT 1. Roger Fry : A Biography ...
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... James , 160 Froude , James Anthony , 59 Fry , Roger , 49-62 , 72 , 158 Guinness , Bryan ( later 2nd Baron Moyne ) and Diana ( later Lady Mosley ) , 66-7 Guizot , François , 138 Haas , Charles , 141 Hamilton , Anthony , 123n Hartley ...
... James , 160 Froude , James Anthony , 59 Fry , Roger , 49-62 , 72 , 158 Guinness , Bryan ( later 2nd Baron Moyne ) and Diana ( later Lady Mosley ) , 66-7 Guizot , François , 138 Haas , Charles , 141 Hamilton , Anthony , 123n Hartley ...
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The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
The Death of the Lion | 66 |
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