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... half the tradesmen in the West - end of London or in Paris can wear three new hats to one of half the younger branches of England's nobility , and pay for them too . It is not a ques- tion of money . Real treasures are all but un ...
... half the tradesmen in the West - end of London or in Paris can wear three new hats to one of half the younger branches of England's nobility , and pay for them too . It is not a ques- tion of money . Real treasures are all but un ...
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... half the money ; since I have no doubt dear Harry's " old " china was only recently produced at Meissen , that glorious manufactory , which all lovers of art ought to visit . Now my object in writing these pages is to offer some ...
... half the money ; since I have no doubt dear Harry's " old " china was only recently produced at Meissen , that glorious manufactory , which all lovers of art ought to visit . Now my object in writing these pages is to offer some ...
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... half , say one - third , of that price ? or was there ever a seller who had the honesty to refuse the bid ? Of course I by no means include in these sweeping opinions the higher class of dealers , the sellers of first - class objets d ...
... half , say one - third , of that price ? or was there ever a seller who had the honesty to refuse the bid ? Of course I by no means include in these sweeping opinions the higher class of dealers , the sellers of first - class objets d ...
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... half or a third the price asked . But all such delicate ideas may be banished in the bazaars at Constantinople , with the assurance that you will obtain nothing , great or small , on which some profit has not been se- cured to the ...
... half or a third the price asked . But all such delicate ideas may be banished in the bazaars at Constantinople , with the assurance that you will obtain nothing , great or small , on which some profit has not been se- cured to the ...
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... half a century has elapsed - is that all the finest specimens were destroyed by the English from mere jealousy . Whereas the real truth is that the fathers , or grandfathers , of our gallant allies of to - day scarcely recollect what ...
... half a century has elapsed - is that all the finest specimens were destroyed by the English from mere jealousy . Whereas the real truth is that the fathers , or grandfathers , of our gallant allies of to - day scarcely recollect what ...
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