Frances Glanville Boscawen [ Aristocracy / Art and Literature ]
… satisfaction, she later heard that her assembly was praised in the highest terms by a lady who had attended it: ‘so much politeness, accompanied with so much ease, she had never observed in anybody. In short, that I did the honours in a … concern rather than great ease, but Boscawen evidently had notable success as a hostess, and reference to her agreeable politeness and elegant conversation abound in later references to her among the bluestocking circles, too. 5 Comparing …
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