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Mr Pepys : [verses on Mrs Greville and Mrs Crewe]

'[Mr Pepys] is admirably described by the same Words with which Menage describes Mr de Costar; C'est (dit il), le Galant le plus Pedant, et le Pedant le plus galant qu'on puisse voir. His verses on Mrs Greville and Mrs Crewe I think are very [italics] smart [end italics] ones, and have a Turn remarkably elegant at the End'. [she gives the verses]

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Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Hester Lynch Thrale      

 

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