excerpt from 'Report of the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont' pp. 236 (139 words)
excerpt from 'Report of the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont' pp. 236 (139 words)
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Letter from Dering to Sir John Perceval, 17th March 1709 I am growing in love very fast with operas, which I own I did not relish at first, and we have now three – namely, Pyrrhus and Demetrius, Camilla, and now Clotilda – and this very day Camilla is acted expressly for Lord Marlborough. Our famous Nicolini got 800 guineas for this day, and it is thought Mrs. Tofts, whose turn it is on Tuesday next, will get a vast deal. She was on Sunday last at the Duke of Somerset’s, where there was about thirty gentlemen, and every kiss was a guinea. Somme took three, others four, others five kisses at that rate, but none less than one. A pretty trade if it would only last all the year. How many would Sir John Perceval have taken had he been there? |
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