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NYGWPB.764.084
23 Aug 1764:13,21 (1129)
Some account of the late M. Heidegger, by Baron Bielfield.
Mr. Heidegger is a man of a singular character. The history
of his life deserves to be written, born among the mountains
of Switzerland, amidst the greatest simplicity of manners,
nature has given him all the inclinations, all the taste,
and all the essentials for the most striking and refined
pleasure. . . It may be said that the English nation has
appointed him director of their pleasures, and this post is
often worth to him 5000 l.sterling a year. He has been
manager of the opera, the ridotto, and all the principal
entertainments of London. . . [more]
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