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One Wood of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire , a man enterprising and rapacious 3 , had , as is said , by a present to the Dutchess of Munster , obtained a patent , She no doubt knew of the trick Swift had played on Lady Berkeley , when ...
One Wood of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire , a man enterprising and rapacious 3 , had , as is said , by a present to the Dutchess of Munster , obtained a patent , She no doubt knew of the trick Swift had played on Lady Berkeley , when ...
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Horace Walpole mentions Lady Betty Germain's defence of Lady Suffolk [ Mrs. Howard ] ' against that brute who hated everybody that he hoped would get him a mitre , and did not . ' Letters , iv . 505. For her defence in a letter to Swift ...
Horace Walpole mentions Lady Betty Germain's defence of Lady Suffolk [ Mrs. Howard ] ' against that brute who hated everybody that he hoped would get him a mitre , and did not . ' Letters , iv . 505. For her defence in a letter to Swift ...
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94 The reader of Swift's Letter to a Lady on her Marriage may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for if his general thoughts on women were such as he exhibits , a very little ...
94 The reader of Swift's Letter to a Lady on her Marriage may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for if his general thoughts on women were such as he exhibits , a very little ...
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2 When Lady Eustace brought her daughter ' he would contend hard that no more than sixpence should be allowed for the brat ( now Mrs. Tickell ) . ' Delany , p . 181 . 3 Swift wrote in 1732 : - ' I should hardly prevail to find one ...
2 When Lady Eustace brought her daughter ' he would contend hard that no more than sixpence should be allowed for the brat ( now Mrs. Tickell ) . ' Delany , p . 181 . 3 Swift wrote in 1732 : - ' I should hardly prevail to find one ...
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She was a lady of talents , fashion , and independent fortune . ' SCOTT . Ib . i . 412 n . ' She came from her own house three days in each week to read and chat with him after Stella's death . ' Ib . xviii .
She was a lady of talents , fashion , and independent fortune . ' SCOTT . Ib . i . 412 n . ' She came from her own house three days in each week to read and chat with him after Stella's death . ' Ib . xviii .
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