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... of those artists , like * Among the men for whom she had a wild devotion were Rodin and Rilke , passionate for the sculptor and platonic for the poet . " Chardin or Vermeer , who make an imaginative virtue of 74 CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS.
... of those artists , like * Among the men for whom she had a wild devotion were Rodin and Rilke , passionate for the sculptor and platonic for the poet . " Chardin or Vermeer , who make an imaginative virtue of 74 CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS.
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... character . Again , she had loved a younger man ; but Goronwy was an unusually accomplished young man , since 1931 a Fellow of All Souls and , when he met Elizabeth , assistant editor of a weekly magazine . Though he liked to suggest ...
... character . Again , she had loved a younger man ; but Goronwy was an unusually accomplished young man , since 1931 a Fellow of All Souls and , when he met Elizabeth , assistant editor of a weekly magazine . Though he liked to suggest ...
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The Death of the Lion | 66 |
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