Letter to Thomas Gray (1766) [ ]
… ay, admirably, and remembers every one that has been made these fourscore years. She corresponds with Voltaire, dictates charming letters to him, contradicts him, is no bigot to him or anybody, and laughs both at the clergy and the … but she had wound up his clack, and there was no stopping it. The moment she grew angry, the [lord of the house] grew charmed, and it has been m y fault if I am not at the head of a numerous sect:—but when I left a triumphant party in …
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