when both were children. She was always a dirty little thing. This habit continued with her. When at Florence, the grand duke gave her apartments in his palace. One room sufficed for every thing. When she went away, the stench was so strong, that they were obliged to fumigate the chamber with vinegar for a week. Pope gave her the Homer he had used in translating. I have got it: it is a small edition by Westhein. Here it is. She wrote that little poem in the blank leaves. THE preceding editions of these ANA were published without any arrangement; in the present instance they have been simply thrown into alphabetical order, affording the means of ready reference without an Index, and yet not "injuring their native graces by the heavy labour of formality." May, 1819. THE END. C. and C. Whittingham, College House, Chiswick. |