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Page 37
... writing a book on Byron , he became a strong supporter . In his library he had a copy of Moore's Life where John Cam Hobhouse had scribbled a series of exasperated comments ; and this precious book he loaned me . Byron's oldest and most ...
... writing a book on Byron , he became a strong supporter . In his library he had a copy of Moore's Life where John Cam Hobhouse had scribbled a series of exasperated comments ; and this precious book he loaned me . Byron's oldest and most ...
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... writing from the heart , as though she had somehow thought- lessly mislaid a beloved only child . She , too , possessed the quality of bonté I had felt in Roger Fry . Around Virginia Woolf and her circle , and the romantic legend they ...
... writing from the heart , as though she had somehow thought- lessly mislaid a beloved only child . She , too , possessed the quality of bonté I had felt in Roger Fry . Around Virginia Woolf and her circle , and the romantic legend they ...
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... writing of a book to the progress of a battle . Once the mind is awakened , ' ideas pour out like the regiments of the Grand Armée .... Memories come charging in with flags flying ; the light cavalry of comparisons extends itself in a ...
... writing of a book to the progress of a battle . Once the mind is awakened , ' ideas pour out like the regiments of the Grand Armée .... Memories come charging in with flags flying ; the light cavalry of comparisons extends itself in a ...
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
Copyright | |
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