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Page 69
... Lady Mount - Temple , the former society hostess Mrs Cowper . At one seance Ruskin was impelled to recite a poem beginning ' O Christ , save my soul , if Thou think'st it worth the saving ' while the table beat time , the sound , to ...
... Lady Mount - Temple , the former society hostess Mrs Cowper . At one seance Ruskin was impelled to recite a poem beginning ' O Christ , save my soul , if Thou think'st it worth the saving ' while the table beat time , the sound , to ...
Page 70
... Lady Walde- grave . She was the leading Liberal party hostess of the ' fifties and ' sixties , holding court at her ... Lady Downshire , the Duchess of Somerset , and Lady Salisbury . Landseer was suffic- iently pleased with Home to give ...
... Lady Walde- grave . She was the leading Liberal party hostess of the ' fifties and ' sixties , holding court at her ... Lady Downshire , the Duchess of Somerset , and Lady Salisbury . Landseer was suffic- iently pleased with Home to give ...
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... lady in blue really was a lady in blue , with an assignation with the master . An amusing instance of a pair of lovers being interpreted as ghosts occurs in Elinor Glyn's novel The Visits of Elizabeth . Elinor Glyn was well - acquainted ...
... lady in blue really was a lady in blue , with an assignation with the master . An amusing instance of a pair of lovers being interpreted as ghosts occurs in Elinor Glyn's novel The Visits of Elizabeth . Elinor Glyn was well - acquainted ...
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Mesmerism and the Growth of Spiritualism | 13 |
Mesmerism | 15 |
The Birth of Spiritualism | 29 |
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