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... rich and fashionable people . Independence and originality are so little esteemed in what is called " good society in France that the adjectives " indépendant " and “ ori- ginal " are constantly used in a bad sense . " Il est très ...
... rich and fashionable people . Independence and originality are so little esteemed in what is called " good society in France that the adjectives " indépendant " and “ ori- ginal " are constantly used in a bad sense . " Il est très ...
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... rich and fashionable : they may be the rural postman , the inn- keeper , the stone - breaker on the roadside , the radical cobbler , and perhaps a mason or a joiner , and a few more or less untidy little children ; but every morning ...
... rich and fashionable : they may be the rural postman , the inn- keeper , the stone - breaker on the roadside , the radical cobbler , and perhaps a mason or a joiner , and a few more or less untidy little children ; but every morning ...
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... rich west front of the cathedral , and I found that , young as he was ( a mere child ) , he had observed for himself almost all the details of its sculpture . The statues , groups , bas - reliefs , and other ornaments were all , for him ...
... rich west front of the cathedral , and I found that , young as he was ( a mere child ) , he had observed for himself almost all the details of its sculpture . The statues , groups , bas - reliefs , and other ornaments were all , for him ...
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... rich man in Cheshire who made a present of ten thousand pounds to a lady nearly related to him . He was very wealthy , she was not ; the sum would never be missed by him , whilst to her it made a great difference . What could be more ...
... rich man in Cheshire who made a present of ten thousand pounds to a lady nearly related to him . He was very wealthy , she was not ; the sum would never be missed by him , whilst to her it made a great difference . What could be more ...
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... rich have an immense advantage , as they can take only just so much of each other's society as they find by experience to be agreeable . They can . quietly , and without rudeness , avoid each other by living in different houses , and ...
... rich have an immense advantage , as they can take only just so much of each other's society as they find by experience to be agreeable . They can . quietly , and without rudeness , avoid each other by living in different houses , and ...
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