Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… spent some time with Jonathan Swift at his friend and biographer’s, Patrick Delany. At the time, following Hesther Johnson (Stella)’s death, the Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral was often surrounded by Frances Kelly, John Boyle, fifth … 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 … also admitted, Lord Lyttleton, William Pulteney – Elizabeth Montagu’s closest companions – Edmund Burke, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, William Pepys, Horace Walpole, in precise, unbroken semi-circles opposite the fireside, to paraphrase …
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