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... Lady Algie ' in affec- tionately possessive tones . One afternoon we visited her pretty house ; and she took me round her hillside garden . Lady Algie , I had already heard , was a devoted horticulturalist , and , wander- ing up and ...
... Lady Algie ' in affec- tionately possessive tones . One afternoon we visited her pretty house ; and she took me round her hillside garden . Lady Algie , I had already heard , was a devoted horticulturalist , and , wander- ing up and ...
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... Lady Diana , 139 Acton , Sir Harold , 158 Alba , Duke of , 26 Alexandra , Czarina , 26 Alexis , Czarevitch , 26 Alfonso XIII , King of Spain , 26 ' Algie , Lady ' , 31-2 Alington , Napier , Lord , 79 Allendale , Lady , 87-8 Anaxagoras ...
... Lady Diana , 139 Acton , Sir Harold , 158 Alba , Duke of , 26 Alexandra , Czarina , 26 Alexis , Czarevitch , 26 Alfonso XIII , King of Spain , 26 ' Algie , Lady ' , 31-2 Alington , Napier , Lord , 79 Allendale , Lady , 87-8 Anaxagoras ...
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... Lady Diana , 19-23 , 130 , 155 writes on , 37 ; Hobhouse on , 37-8 ; passions , 38 , 40 ; on gin , 80 ; Byron : a self - portrait , 38n ; and La Rochefoucauld , 124 ; and Lady Melbourne , 160 Callot , Jacques , 82 Cameron , Alan , 87-9 ...
... Lady Diana , 19-23 , 130 , 155 writes on , 37 ; Hobhouse on , 37-8 ; passions , 38 , 40 ; on gin , 80 ; Byron : a self - portrait , 38n ; and La Rochefoucauld , 124 ; and Lady Melbourne , 160 Callot , Jacques , 82 Cameron , Alan , 87-9 ...
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