Letter to Samuel Crisp (1775) [ People / Practices ]
… said that CI wish Dr. Burney would have had Omiah here, instead of Prince Orloff!' The Grand Duet, of Miithel, was then played. Added to the applause given to the music, every body had something to say, upon the singularity of the performers … le tems de me remettre; ainsi, de jour en jour, au lieu de me guerir, j'en pire .' Lady Edgecumbe was then applied to to play; but she absolutely refused, & declared the Baronness to be la premiere Dame pour la musique . The Baronness was therefore solicited; but in vai[n;] her invincible modesty made her regard herself a meer Miss player by Mr Burney & my sister. I longed irresistably to speak with Rauzzini, & so when I saw him stealing from the …
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