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Word: calligraphist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...mistress of six languages besides her own, a student of Greek, a superb calligraphist, an excellent musician. She was a connoisseur of painting and poetry. She danced, after the Florentine style, with a high magnificence that astonished beholders. Her conversation, full, not only of humor, but of elegance and wit, revealed an unerring social sense, a charming delicacy of personal perception. It was this spiritual versatility which made her one of the supreme diplomatists of history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Hen, Great Snake | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

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