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... parties . He had great family feeling , also strong racial attachment . The Rothschilds were , in his eyes , people apart from all others , and he kept up a close connection with the foreign members of his family . His Jewish ...
... parties . He had great family feeling , also strong racial attachment . The Rothschilds were , in his eyes , people apart from all others , and he kept up a close connection with the foreign members of his family . His Jewish ...
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... parties without our constant chaperon - my dear mother . We were also very simply dressed , and we never thought of coming in to luncheon after a walk without removing our hats and smoothing our hair . It was strange that my mother ...
... parties without our constant chaperon - my dear mother . We were also very simply dressed , and we never thought of coming in to luncheon after a walk without removing our hats and smoothing our hair . It was strange that my mother ...
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... party till the flowers were all dead , the dancers all in bed , the candles all out , the supper all eaten , the ices all melted , and the plate all locked up . How long this business of George - killing is to last I don't know , but I ...
... party till the flowers were all dead , the dancers all in bed , the candles all out , the supper all eaten , the ices all melted , and the plate all locked up . How long this business of George - killing is to last I don't know , but I ...
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... 5th of March 1922 , when , surrounded by the members of her family , she gave a dinner- party in celebration of the event . She is in full possession of all her faculties . CHAPTER IV . My Uncle Anselm had three sons : FOREIGN RELATIVES 67.
... 5th of March 1922 , when , surrounded by the members of her family , she gave a dinner- party in celebration of the event . She is in full possession of all her faculties . CHAPTER IV . My Uncle Anselm had three sons : FOREIGN RELATIVES 67.
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... the fine elements in the character of my cousin Alphonse . It happened one day in Ferrières that , while shooting his coverts with a party of friends , he received , IV . accidentally , a shot in the face from 76 REMINISCENCES.
... the fine elements in the character of my cousin Alphonse . It happened one day in Ferrières that , while shooting his coverts with a party of friends , he received , IV . accidentally , a shot in the face from 76 REMINISCENCES.
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