The Ghosts of Piccadilly
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It is certain that at the fine masquerade he was following her, as she was under the Countess's arm, who, pulling ofi" her glove, moved her wedding ring up and down her finger . . . Which it seems was to signify that no other terms would be accepted. * I rather like this homely significance on the part of my Lady Burlington. The Coventry mentioned, by the way, is not the earl who 120 THE GHOSTS OF PICCADILLY married the beautiful Maria Gunning, but plain Mr. Coventry, who was no great parti. Sh...e did better when she married David Garrick in 1749. His wooing, however, had not been all roses, for Lady Burlington seems not to have approved him at first. Mr. Walpole writes to George Montagu that, at another entertainment, ' Lady Bur- lington brought the Violetta, and the Bich- monds had asked Garrick, who stood ogling and sighing the whole time, while my Lady kept a most fierce look out. ' But married they were, and it was a marriage of marriages. Garrick's lines on his wife are well known : ' 'Tis not, my friend, her speaking face, Her shape, her youth, her winning grace, Have reached my heart ; the fair one's mind, Quick as her eyes, yet soft and kind — A gaiety with innocence, ' and other delightful qualities he enumerates.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is certain that at the fine masquerade he was following her, as she was under the Countess's arm, who, pulling ofi" her glove, moved her wedding ring up and down her finger . . . Which it seems was to signify that no other terms would be accepted. * I rather like this homely significance on the part of my Lady Burlington. The Coventry mentioned, by the way, is not the earl who 120 THE GHOSTS OF PICCADILLY married the beautiful Maria Gunning, but plain Mr. Coventry, who was no great parti. Sh...e did better when she married David Garrick in 1749. His wooing, however, had not been all roses, for Lady Burlington seems not to have approved him at first. Mr. Walpole writes to George Montagu that, at another entertainment, ' Lady Bur- lington brought the Violetta, and the Bich- monds had asked Garrick, who stood ogling and sighing the whole time, while my Lady kept a most fierce look out. ' But married they were, and it was a marriage of marriages. Garrick's lines on his wife are well known : ' 'Tis not, my friend, her speaking face, Her shape, her youth, her winning grace, Have reached my heart ; the fair one's mind, Quick as her eyes, yet soft and kind — A gaiety with innocence, ' and other delightful qualities he enumerates.
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