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... finest modelling , solely because English china is for the moment the fashion . It sells , in fact . In so far , dealers have reason . They say , and they are right , that the purchaser may tell his friends who visit his collection this ...
... finest modelling , solely because English china is for the moment the fashion . It sells , in fact . In so far , dealers have reason . They say , and they are right , that the purchaser may tell his friends who visit his collection this ...
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... - known collectors of the finest art- treasures of the past . Kings and queens , emperors and men of high degree , for centuries past have loved the ceramic art with no common passion ; while , by an 8 THE BRIC - A - BRAC HUNTER .
... - known collectors of the finest art- treasures of the past . Kings and queens , emperors and men of high degree , for centuries past have loved the ceramic art with no common passion ; while , by an 8 THE BRIC - A - BRAC HUNTER .
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... finest specimens in Europe . I have gloated , I have longed , and then have flown from those treasures as from typhus - fever , conscious of my inability to purchase the finest , and not caring to possess inferior examples , or modern ...
... finest specimens in Europe . I have gloated , I have longed , and then have flown from those treasures as from typhus - fever , conscious of my inability to purchase the finest , and not caring to possess inferior examples , or modern ...
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... finest specimens . In Paris , good , bad , and indifferent objects are all alike dear , unless that fickle goddess Fortune , who does at times befriend you , gives you a helping hand . But we will leave these great emporiums of bric - a ...
... finest specimens . In Paris , good , bad , and indifferent objects are all alike dear , unless that fickle goddess Fortune , who does at times befriend you , gives you a helping hand . But we will leave these great emporiums of bric - a ...
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... finest speci- mens appear to be of no great value ; so capricious is taste , or fashion , or whatever you like to call that inconstant deity whose wand rules the desires of the world . It is not long since I ac- quired a practical ...
... finest speci- mens appear to be of no great value ; so capricious is taste , or fashion , or whatever you like to call that inconstant deity whose wand rules the desires of the world . It is not long since I ac- quired a practical ...
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