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The fate of Cowper’s “gentle savage” was pathetic. Painted by Reynolds and patronised by Lord Sandwich, – lionised by Lady Townshend and the Duchess of Devonshire, – he was suffered to go back once more to his own people, among whom he had neither status nor importance. He died soon after, having shown himself (says Vancouver) both “vain and silly.” And no wonder!
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Agujari, according to Grove’s
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He is generally called “Count.” But in her letters, diary, and
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Dr. Burney evidently had mild qualms about these Sunday concerts. When after the first occasion here referred to, Dr. King and Dr. Ogle supped at St. Martin’s Street, he said that he hoped for
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The second volume appeared in 1782, and the third and fourth volumes, completing the work, in 1789.
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In September, 1785, Miss Sally Payne married Captain James Burney, Fanny’s brother.
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