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... charm ; and slowly it had dawned on him that ' she is entirely unedu- cated , interested in theosophy , dieting , and all other cranky subjects .... Cecil Beaton guarded her like an eagle ... I saw her altogether nine or ten times ...
... charm ; and slowly it had dawned on him that ' she is entirely unedu- cated , interested in theosophy , dieting , and all other cranky subjects .... Cecil Beaton guarded her like an eagle ... I saw her altogether nine or ten times ...
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... charm he exercised - a charm that seemed to go far beyond the ordinary social graces . I learned with regret of his subsequent misadventures . His views were judged erroneous , if not positively heretical , by his Jesuit superiors , and ...
... charm he exercised - a charm that seemed to go far beyond the ordinary social graces . I learned with regret of his subsequent misadventures . His views were judged erroneous , if not positively heretical , by his Jesuit superiors , and ...
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... charm , more delicacy and more ease ' ; while Saint - Evremond assured his old beloved Ninon de Lenclos , nearly two decades after the poet's death , that ' the late Earl of Rochester ... had had more wit than any man in England ...
... charm , more delicacy and more ease ' ; while Saint - Evremond assured his old beloved Ninon de Lenclos , nearly two decades after the poet's death , that ' the late Earl of Rochester ... had had more wit than any man in England ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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