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... Princesse de Cadignan first appeared in 1839 ; and in 1857 , on the plane of real life , another long liaison sadly ended . The princesse de Lieven's devotion to the learned bourgeois statesman François Guizot had astonished her ...
... Princesse de Cadignan first appeared in 1839 ; and in 1857 , on the plane of real life , another long liaison sadly ended . The princesse de Lieven's devotion to the learned bourgeois statesman François Guizot had astonished her ...
Page 168
... princesse de Cadignan ... is she not the greatest actress of her day ? ' 7. ' Traité des excitants modernes ' , quoted in Prometheus : The Life of Balzac , André Maurois , translated by Norman Denny , 1965 . Here Balzac is describing ...
... princesse de Cadignan ... is she not the greatest actress of her day ? ' 7. ' Traité des excitants modernes ' , quoted in Prometheus : The Life of Balzac , André Maurois , translated by Norman Denny , 1965 . Here Balzac is describing ...
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... princesse. ( Edmond ) de ( née Singer ) , 128 , 141-2 Pope , Alexander , 16n , 113-14 , 116 , 120 Pope - Hennessy , James , 6 , 8 Post - Impressionist Exhibition ( 1910 ) , 51 Pound , Ezra , 110 , 117 Pourtalès , comtesse de , 17 Proust ...
... princesse. ( Edmond ) de ( née Singer ) , 128 , 141-2 Pope , Alexander , 16n , 113-14 , 116 , 120 Pope - Hennessy , James , 6 , 8 Post - Impressionist Exhibition ( 1910 ) , 51 Pound , Ezra , 110 , 117 Pourtalès , comtesse de , 17 Proust ...
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