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Page 60
... poet we both loved , the gust of enthusiasm that seemed to carry him along . - He considered Mallarmé , he had told Vanessa the same year , ' certainly almost the purest poet that ever was ' , just as ' Cézanne was , in the end , the ...
... poet we both loved , the gust of enthusiasm that seemed to carry him along . - He considered Mallarmé , he had told Vanessa the same year , ' certainly almost the purest poet that ever was ' , just as ' Cézanne was , in the end , the ...
Page 85
... poet , his wife and his muse lived under the same roof ; and it was at this period that I met William Nicholson , not far from his studio , neatly picking his way across the pavement ; and he stopped to speak to me . He had changed , I ...
... poet , his wife and his muse lived under the same roof ; and it was at this period that I met William Nicholson , not far from his studio , neatly picking his way across the pavement ; and he stopped to speak to me . He had changed , I ...
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... poet's death , that ' the late Earl of Rochester ... had had more wit than any man in England .... ' John had acquired a fine seventeenth - century portrait of Rochester , a graceful , supercilious young man languidly playing with a ...
... poet's death , that ' the late Earl of Rochester ... had had more wit than any man in England .... ' John had acquired a fine seventeenth - century portrait of Rochester , a graceful , supercilious young man languidly playing with a ...
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The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
The Death of the Lion | 66 |
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