Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… expressed it in her prolonged correspondence with Swift. 2 1 . Newport (Wales), Newport Reference Library, Mrs Delany’s Letters, 10 vols, vol. 1, p. 66. 2 . 'I was in hopes the weekly meetings would have been renewed and continued', Swift, Works, ed. by John Nichols (London: J. Johnson, 1801), vol. 13 (Letters), p. 241. On that point, also see David Nokes, Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed (London: Oxford University … do.' 6 Usually organised from January to April, when she was in London, 7 those assemblies gathered men and women of letters, noble friends and relatives every fortnight (on 2, 15 and 29 April 1776 for instance). Thus she had her salon …
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