Vulgar words in Anna Seward - and Classic Lichfield (Page 1)
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Thomas Day, the author of "Sandford and Merton," who spent a good deal of his life in hunting for a wife, made love to Honora.
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Dr. Johnson also said, when Boswell named a gentleman of his acquaintance who wrote for the vase, "He was a blockhead for his pains"; on the other hand, when told that the Duchess of Northumberland wrote, Johnson said, "Sir, the Duchess of Northumberland may do what she pleases: nobody will say anything to a lady of her high rank."