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Page 65
... impressions , Eliz- abeth's biographer tells us , were too irreverent to be made public . Nothing could quench her inborn sense of fun ; not even the acquisition of the title ' Dame ' - which reminded her , she replied to a letter I had ...
... impressions , Eliz- abeth's biographer tells us , were too irreverent to be made public . Nothing could quench her inborn sense of fun ; not even the acquisition of the title ' Dame ' - which reminded her , she replied to a letter I had ...
Page 76
... impressions of Augustus John and Matthew Smith were first published many years ago in a monthly magazine , from which they are quoted by Michael Holroyd , op . cit . early as 1902 , and who soon afterwards addressed him 76 CUSTOMS AND ...
... impressions of Augustus John and Matthew Smith were first published many years ago in a monthly magazine , from which they are quoted by Michael Holroyd , op . cit . early as 1902 , and who soon afterwards addressed him 76 CUSTOMS AND ...
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... impression that she had taken off from the sordid realm of fact , and begun to move through the lively pages of one of her own romantic novels . No longer very young but still a well- known intellectual beauty , a woman of many loves ...
... impression that she had taken off from the sordid realm of fact , and begun to move through the lively pages of one of her own romantic novels . No longer very young but still a well- known intellectual beauty , a woman of many loves ...
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The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
The Death of the Lion | 66 |
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