Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… Life / She’s snatchd from hence, She had not room / To make defence; / For Tyger fierce / Took Life away. / And here she lies / In a bed of Clay, / Until the Resurrection Day.’ 8 . See for example the salon of collector Sophia Banks …
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