Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… 'little circl es' to which came Elizabeth Vesey, Frances Boscawen and the Duchess of Portland. In 1782, the number and celebrity of her guests led her to neglect Hannah More’s conversation, which she soon afterwards apologized for in a …
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