Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 79
... ladies of title in London . boudoirs , now drinking at the tavern with the postboy , now at a ball , now at a gaming ... lady's ears . In compensation , however , she had time to examine in great detail what she was permitted to ...
... ladies of title in London . boudoirs , now drinking at the tavern with the postboy , now at a ball , now at a gaming ... lady's ears . In compensation , however , she had time to examine in great detail what she was permitted to ...
Page 80
... lady's life — the drama of getting married . Confronted with this spectacle she becomes for the time being a psychologist . How does a young lady feel on first meeting a 80 STORY - TELLERS POETS AND.
... lady's life — the drama of getting married . Confronted with this spectacle she becomes for the time being a psychologist . How does a young lady feel on first meeting a 80 STORY - TELLERS POETS AND.
Page 83
... ladies ; now crowding up the stairs to the Italian Opera , now at a fashionable concert overhearing the conversa- tion of two frivolous debutantes : " ... though there was an excellent concert in which several capital performers played ...
... ladies ; now crowding up the stairs to the Italian Opera , now at a fashionable concert overhearing the conversa- tion of two frivolous debutantes : " ... though there was an excellent concert in which several capital performers played ...
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