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Pagina viii
... sister , after her first marriage , and in their proper order of dates when written during the period to which her own history relates . It may be necessary to remind those who do not recollect the style of writing of the 18th century ...
... sister , after her first marriage , and in their proper order of dates when written during the period to which her own history relates . It may be necessary to remind those who do not recollect the style of writing of the 18th century ...
Pagina 8
... sister and myself . Anna ' ( my sister's name ) , who was then a little girl , too young to consider how much such a retirement might prove to her disadvantage , was delighted with a new scene . I was then fifteen years of age , had ...
... sister and myself . Anna ' ( my sister's name ) , who was then a little girl , too young to consider how much such a retirement might prove to her disadvantage , was delighted with a new scene . I was then fifteen years of age , had ...
Pagina 9
... sister , when I was suddenly awakened by a disturbance in my room . My first idea was of being called to rise early , in order to sit for my picture , which was then painting for my father , but the moment I looked round me , I saw two ...
... sister , when I was suddenly awakened by a disturbance in my room . My first idea was of being called to rise early , in order to sit for my picture , which was then painting for my father , but the moment I looked round me , I saw two ...
Pagina 12
... sister , and myself , all she was worth . LETTER II . AUTOBIOGRAPHY . I am very sorry I can't prevail with you to let me be silent ; you will be the sufferer , but since you are obstinate , you deserve the punishment . At the age I was ...
... sister , and myself , all she was worth . LETTER II . AUTOBIOGRAPHY . I am very sorry I can't prevail with you to let me be silent ; you will be the sufferer , but since you are obstinate , you deserve the punishment . At the age I was ...
Pagina 16
... sister was at this time a plaything to us , and often offended at our whispers and mysterious talk . ' Tis time to break off , my friend , adieu . EXPLANATIONS BY MRS . DELANY ON THIS LETTER . Queen Ann had set me down for maid of ...
... sister was at this time a plaything to us , and often offended at our whispers and mysterious talk . ' Tis time to break off , my friend , adieu . EXPLANATIONS BY MRS . DELANY ON THIS LETTER . Queen Ann had set me down for maid of ...
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acquaintance afterwards agreeable Ann Granville aunt believe Bishop brother Collingwood compliments Countess danced daughter of Sir Dean Dean Swift dearest sister Delany delight desire died dined Donellan Dublin Duchess of Portland Duke eldest entertainment father favour fortune friends George give glad Gloucester Gromio happy hear heard honour hope Horace Walpole humble duty humble servant Ireland Killala King Lady Carteret Lady Mary Lady Sunderland Lady Weymouth letter live London Lord Baltimore Lord Carteret Lord Lansdowne Lord Weymouth madam mama married Mary Granville Miss Collingwood morning mother never night Northend obliged opera Pendarves Phill pleased pleasure poor Pray pretty Prince Princess Queen received sent Sir John Stanley Somerset House soon sorry Swift tell things Thomas thought told town walk Wesley wife William wish woman write wrote yesterday young
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Pagina 264 - OF what an easy, quick access, My blessed Lord, art Thou ! how suddenly May our requests Thine ear invade ! To show that state dislikes not easiness. If I but lift mine eyes, my suit is made : Thou canst no more not hear, than Thou canst die.
Pagina 67 - ... for her. Yet still his pride struggled with his inclination ; for all this time she was engaged to sing in public, a circumstance very grievous to her, but urged by the best of motives, she submitted to it, in order to assist her parents, whose fortune was much reduced by Mr. Robinson's loss of sight, which deprived him of the benefit of his profession as a painter.
Pagina 444 - ... cobwebs and dirt and mortar; then found me in his own room on a ladder writing on a picture : and half an hour afterwards lying on the grass in the court with the dogs and the children, in my slippers and without my hat. He had...
Pagina 188 - Queen; she hopes by such an unprecedented order as this is that the King will see as few as he wishes at his Court, particularly such as dare to think or speak truth.
Pagina 42 - ... service, although it might be difficult to see how their experience was improved by it. It was no uncommon thing for a commission to be obtained for a child in the cradle ; and when he came from college, the fortunate youth was at least a lieutenant of some standing, by dint of fair promotion. To sum up this catalogue of abuses, commissions were in some instances bestowed upon young ladies, when pensions could not be had. We...
Pagina 134 - The above fact is cited, in a note to Lord Hervey's Memoirs, as an excuse for borrowing and hiring. 1 There are frequent allusions in these letters to the purchase and selection of flax. Mary Granville and her mother were celebrated spinners, both in flax and in that preparation of wool called Jersey.
Pagina 277 - Hogarth has promised to give me some instructions about drawing that will be of great use, — some rules of his own that he says will improve me more in a day than a year's learning in the common way.