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WR.735.006
3 Feb 1735:22 (175)
Portsmouth, Jan 31. 1734-5. Sir, I shall esteem it a
peculiar favour if you give the following lines (wrote by
Mr. Pitt) a place in your next. 'Tis all the offering I am
capable of making to the memory of a lady of the greatest
vitues this age has produced . . . R.
With Joy, bless'd -------, we saw thee reach thy goal;
Fair was thy frame, and delicate thy soul:
The Graces and the Muses came combin'd;
These to adorn the body, those the mind. . .
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