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... sister and her sister's children ; and her nieces , we are told , in their early youth certainly returned her feelings.17 When we discussed her own melancholy , and I said that Lady Anglesey , I heard , had also had a melancholic nature ...
... sister and her sister's children ; and her nieces , we are told , in their early youth certainly returned her feelings.17 When we discussed her own melancholy , and I said that Lady Anglesey , I heard , had also had a melancholic nature ...
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... sister Caroline , and wrote her many well - turned verses . Caroline was a femme fatale of her age ; Liz , when we met , a sovereign beauty . Kenneth Clark mentions neither of them dur- ing his survey of women's faces ; but together ...
... sister Caroline , and wrote her many well - turned verses . Caroline was a femme fatale of her age ; Liz , when we met , a sovereign beauty . Kenneth Clark mentions neither of them dur- ing his survey of women's faces ; but together ...
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... Sister Anne , that was then one of the favourite playthings of a plutocratic English duke . Granted permission to go ashore and climb the hill opposite , where he and his com- panions thought they could distinguish , amid grey - green ...
... Sister Anne , that was then one of the favourite playthings of a plutocratic English duke . Granted permission to go ashore and climb the hill opposite , where he and his com- panions thought they could distinguish , amid grey - green ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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