Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… and Mrs Pilkington; the latter is a bosom friend of Dean Swift’s, and I hope among them I shall be able to pick up some entertainment.' 1 In the following months, she repeatedly spent some time with Jonathan Swift at his friend and … bad English, or do not pronounce my words distinctly. I wish he lived in England, I should not only have a great deal of entertainment from him, but improvement' (88). Two years after leaving Ireland, she still missed those weekly meetings … part of the family are drawing and working, &c. &c., the beautiful babe, Princess Amelia, bearing her part in the entertainment ; sometimes in one of her sister's laps ; sometimes playing with the King on the carpet ; which, …
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