Letter to Samuel Crisp (1775) [ People / Practices ]
… Letter from Frances Burney to Samuel Crisp (21 Nov. 1775) So now, back to our first Concert,—I must trace back the circumstances in … Gabrielli should be well, & not sing better.' Enter his Excellency, Count de Guignes. The Count, when he first came from France, was esteemed to be a remarkable handsome man: but he is now grown so monstrous fat, & looks so sleek, that he is …
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