The autobiography and correspondence of Mary Granville, mrs. Delany, ed. by lady Llanover, 第 1 巻1861 |
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... reason ; not only my father , but all my relations that were in public employments , suffered greatly by this change . My father being a younger brother , his chief dependance was on the favour of the Court and his brother's friendship ...
... reason ; not only my father , but all my relations that were in public employments , suffered greatly by this change . My father being a younger brother , his chief dependance was on the favour of the Court and his brother's friendship ...
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... reason . I own I often found it rebellious , and could ill bear the frequent checks I met with , which I too easily interpreted into indignities , and have not been able wholly to reconcile to any other character from that day to this ...
... reason . I own I often found it rebellious , and could ill bear the frequent checks I met with , which I too easily interpreted into indignities , and have not been able wholly to reconcile to any other character from that day to this ...
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... reason , his friends would not approve of his choice ; if they did he had so high an opinion of him , that he should be well pleased with his alliance ; upon which Roberto returned home to try what he could do with his friends , but ...
... reason , his friends would not approve of his choice ; if they did he had so high an opinion of him , that he should be well pleased with his alliance ; upon which Roberto returned home to try what he could do with his friends , but ...
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... reasons of State , in the Tower , and had not been long at liberty . The invitation was a very agreeable one to me , and thought too advantageous by my father and mother to be re- fused . My father accompanied me himself , and delivered ...
... reasons of State , in the Tower , and had not been long at liberty . The invitation was a very agreeable one to me , and thought too advantageous by my father and mother to be re- fused . My father accompanied me himself , and delivered ...
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... reason to make that reflection . My father had thoughts of returning home , well pleased at my being in such favour , but discontented with my uncle's treatment of himself , which was not what he expected . He told him that now he ...
... reason to make that reflection . My father had thoughts of returning home , well pleased at my being in such favour , but discontented with my uncle's treatment of himself , which was not what he expected . He told him that now he ...
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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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42 ページ - ... 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...
134 ページ - 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.
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