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... Cyril Connolly's house ; and , since I was bound , later that night , for a more ceremonious occasion , I happened to be wearing a black tie . This attracted the Socialist prophet's notice . ' So you still wear the uniform of the class ...
... Cyril Connolly's house ; and , since I was bound , later that night , for a more ceremonious occasion , I happened to be wearing a black tie . This attracted the Socialist prophet's notice . ' So you still wear the uniform of the class ...
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... Cyril Connolly , to illustrate his own impressions of another ' fugitive beauté ' glimpsed against a London background . I was myself a witness of this failed encounter . We then occupied the same house ; and we had walked together to a ...
... Cyril Connolly , to illustrate his own impressions of another ' fugitive beauté ' glimpsed against a London background . I was myself a witness of this failed encounter . We then occupied the same house ; and we had walked together to a ...
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... Cyril Connolly is buried in the churchyard . Edwardian actor - manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Meanwhile , 58 CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS.
... Cyril Connolly is buried in the churchyard . Edwardian actor - manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Meanwhile , 58 CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS.
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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