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... portrait to portrait , telling me their names and enumerating their special qualities - ' a magnificent mouser he was ! Now , old Ginger over there , I've never known such pluck ! He'd see off the fiercest farmyard tom ... ' Alan , too ...
... portrait to portrait , telling me their names and enumerating their special qualities - ' a magnificent mouser he was ! Now , old Ginger over there , I've never known such pluck ! He'd see off the fiercest farmyard tom ... ' Alan , too ...
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Contemporary Portraits Peter Quennell. and that she must immediately call the police , but was much relieved to ... portrait in his studio of an unknown young woman , neither distin- guished nor particularly seductive , with a long ...
Contemporary Portraits Peter Quennell. and that she must immediately call the police , but was much relieved to ... portrait in his studio of an unknown young woman , neither distin- guished nor particularly seductive , with a long ...
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... Portrait of James Pope - Hennessy , edited by Peter Quennell , 1981 . 2. Garbo : A Portrait , Alexander Walker , 1980 . 3. Les Trois Dumas , André Maurois , 1957 . 4. The Golden Riviera , Roderick Cameron , 1975 . 5. The Golden ...
... Portrait of James Pope - Hennessy , edited by Peter Quennell , 1981 . 2. Garbo : A Portrait , Alexander Walker , 1980 . 3. Les Trois Dumas , André Maurois , 1957 . 4. The Golden Riviera , Roderick Cameron , 1975 . 5. The Golden ...
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