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MS-B.771.065
27 Jun 1771:661 (1/17)
A certain dutchess, who is a principal promoter of the new
opera house, declared lately she would persist in support of
Mrs. Cornely whatever was the consequence; "for, said she, I
hate the thoughts of mixing with any body merely because
they have half a guinea in their pocket, and that such scum
should sit on the same bench, and think themself upon a
level with the first nobility." "I agree with you (says Lady
A---r) and am grieved to think that we are one day or other
to mix in heaven with the dregs of the people." "God forbid
(says the Dutchess) I should ever be in such company."
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