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Identifier: painterofdreamso00stirrich (find matches)
Title: A painter of dreams, and other biographical studies
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Stirling, Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Pickering
Subjects: Great Britain -- Biography England -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London, John Lane New York, John Lane company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ead close to the then growing town of Baltimore. Scattered about on the surrounding hills were the country seats of many influential citizens, among whom were to be found various relations of the Pattersons and others who, like the Catons, were life-long friends of that family, so that these formed in themselves a pleasant little colony much addicted to gaiety and the constant exchange of amenities. On every hand Elizabeth received congratulations on her brilliant fortune ; and the weeks which followed were perhaps the happiest of her life. The great Consul, the Sphinx of Europe, was silent, and hopes of his ultimate reconciliation to the match must have flattered the thoughts of the young people. The rest of the Bonaparte family expressed to the brides brother their unqualified approval of it; and Lucien preached defiance. The Consul, he said, is to be considered as isolated from the family. All his ideas and actions are dictated by a policy with which we have nothing to do. We still
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