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We read that in Austria he "never associated with any but the
musicians, his colleagues," a statement which cannot be strictly
true. In London he was, as we have seen, something of a "lion,"
but it is doubtful if he enjoyed the conventional diversions of
the beau monde. Yet he liked the company of ladies, especially
when they were personally attractive. That he was never at a loss
for a compliment may perhaps be taken as explaining his frequent
conquests, for, as he frankly said himself, the pretty women
"were at any rate not tempted by my beauty." Of children he was
passionately fond, a fact which lends additional melancholy to
his own unhappy and childless home life.
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