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The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR APRIL 1797 . BRIEF SKETCH
OF LADY MANNERS . WITH A PORTRAIT ^
IT is a circumstance which has a favourable aspect with regard to the state of public manners , when ladies of rank have the good sense to aspire to a kind of distinction , superior to . that which attends high birth , and , occasionally at least , to retire from the circle of . fashionable dissipation , for the sake of enjoying the pleasures of polite literature . This observation very justly applies to Lady Manners , the subject of the present articlewho is equally distinguished for her
, literary attainments , the productions of her muse , and the virtues of domestic life ; and though the republic of letters is too jealous of the equal rights of its citizens to pay homage to titles , this lady has pretensions , which will not fail to introduce her with honour into the court of Genius . Her Ladyship was born of a . very ancient ancl distinguished family in the kingdom of Ireland , and was married , at an early
period of her life , to Mr . now Sir William , Manners , Bart , a gentleman of very considerable property , in the counties of Rutland and Lincoln , with whom she has lived in the enjoyment of that conjugal bliss , which is ever the reward of beauty , when united with virtue . The volume of Poems published by her Ladyship hi the year 1793 is well known to every lover of the muses . Her claims will command lace
are not indeed of that superior kind which a p among the first order of poets : or is she always so attentive to the harmony of her numbers , or the elegance of her diction , as to leave no room for the charge of negligence . But the pieces breathe throughout the pure spirit of virtuous sensibility , and discover a heart capable , in a high degree , of feeling al ! the ' clear charities' of domestic life . As a mother , a wife , a daughter , and a friend , Lady
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR APRIL 1797 . BRIEF SKETCH
OF LADY MANNERS . WITH A PORTRAIT ^
IT is a circumstance which has a favourable aspect with regard to the state of public manners , when ladies of rank have the good sense to aspire to a kind of distinction , superior to . that which attends high birth , and , occasionally at least , to retire from the circle of . fashionable dissipation , for the sake of enjoying the pleasures of polite literature . This observation very justly applies to Lady Manners , the subject of the present articlewho is equally distinguished for her
, literary attainments , the productions of her muse , and the virtues of domestic life ; and though the republic of letters is too jealous of the equal rights of its citizens to pay homage to titles , this lady has pretensions , which will not fail to introduce her with honour into the court of Genius . Her Ladyship was born of a . very ancient ancl distinguished family in the kingdom of Ireland , and was married , at an early
period of her life , to Mr . now Sir William , Manners , Bart , a gentleman of very considerable property , in the counties of Rutland and Lincoln , with whom she has lived in the enjoyment of that conjugal bliss , which is ever the reward of beauty , when united with virtue . The volume of Poems published by her Ladyship hi the year 1793 is well known to every lover of the muses . Her claims will command lace
are not indeed of that superior kind which a p among the first order of poets : or is she always so attentive to the harmony of her numbers , or the elegance of her diction , as to leave no room for the charge of negligence . But the pieces breathe throughout the pure spirit of virtuous sensibility , and discover a heart capable , in a high degree , of feeling al ! the ' clear charities' of domestic life . As a mother , a wife , a daughter , and a friend , Lady