Letter to Samuel Crisp (1775) [ People / Practices ]
… objection has not been made to him by all Ladies.' I knew he meant the Empress, but by no means desired a Conversation on the subject, & told him, I only hated them, because they made me, & such as me look so very … be owned that it was great presumption in Lady Edgecumbe to Invite any person she met with at Dr. Burney'sl—Ha—Ha! The Conversation turned again upon Gabriella. The Prince said she had by no means sung so well as in Russia.89 General Bawr …
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