Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... lady cries , who spies your coach Ere you the avenue approach ; Lord , how unlucky ! -washing - day ! And all the men are in the hay ! ... The servants run , the pewter clatters , My lady dresses , calls , and chatters .... Now after ...
... lady cries , who spies your coach Ere you the avenue approach ; Lord , how unlucky ! -washing - day ! And all the men are in the hay ! ... The servants run , the pewter clatters , My lady dresses , calls , and chatters .... Now after ...
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... Lady ' except in three letters ; she is ' Honoured Mistress ' in 332 and 337 , ' My Dearest Mistress ' in 339 - all letters from Scotland . The others vary between ' Dear Lady ' and ( 767 ) ' Dearest of all dear Ladies ' . ' Dearest Lady ...
... Lady ' except in three letters ; she is ' Honoured Mistress ' in 332 and 337 , ' My Dearest Mistress ' in 339 - all letters from Scotland . The others vary between ' Dear Lady ' and ( 767 ) ' Dearest of all dear Ladies ' . ' Dearest Lady ...
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... lady of a recognizable type , lively , civilized , and , within certain limits , extremely observant , but petty ... lady's ears . In compensation , however , she had time to examine in great detail what she was permitted to see ...
... lady of a recognizable type , lively , civilized , and , within certain limits , extremely observant , but petty ... lady's ears . In compensation , however , she had time to examine in great detail what she was permitted to see ...
Contents
DAVID NICHOL SMITH From a drawing by SIR MUIRHEAD BONE Frontispiece | 15 |
DEANE SWIFT HAWKESWORTH AND THE JOURNAL TO STELLA HAROLD WILLIAMS | 33 |
POPE AT WORK GEORGE SHERBURN Harvard University | 65 |
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