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... " Ah , did you once see Shelley plain , And did he stop and speak to you ? And did he speak to you again ? How strange it seems and new ! ' from Memorabilia * The younger Dumas lived on through the Second Empire I PROLOGUE I.
... " Ah , did you once see Shelley plain , And did he stop and speak to you ? And did he speak to you again ? How strange it seems and new ! ' from Memorabilia * The younger Dumas lived on through the Second Empire I PROLOGUE I.
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... strange remote being from a haunted northern forest who has got loose in modern life - she is only explicable as a mythological figure . ' ... ... Meanwhile , he had discovered , to his deep relief 6 'L'Inutile Beauté'
... strange remote being from a haunted northern forest who has got loose in modern life - she is only explicable as a mythological figure . ' ... ... Meanwhile , he had discovered , to his deep relief 6 'L'Inutile Beauté'
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... strange prototypes as Isaac Singer and Elie Decazes must have done something to shape Daisy Fellowes ' personality . In a journal long since lost , I re- corded my earliest impressions of her striking , though slightly alarming elegance ...
... strange prototypes as Isaac Singer and Elie Decazes must have done something to shape Daisy Fellowes ' personality . In a journal long since lost , I re- corded my earliest impressions of her striking , though slightly alarming elegance ...
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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