think it is Scorton, near Richmond? “I am, Madam, “Your most dutiful daughter, “E. ROBINSON.” [99] In the eighteenth century dressing-rooms represented the modern boudoir. [100] George Granville, Lord Lansdowne, born 1667, died 1735; great statesman and writer. Uncle to Mrs. Delany. [101] Lady Mary Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, widow of J. Thynne. [102] Their half-brother. [103] Francis Hare, D.D., born 1665, died 1740; Bishop of St. Asaph and Chichester. [104] Daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, born 1690, died 1762. [105] Edward Wortley Montagu, grandson of 1st Earl Sandwich. His mother, Anne Wortley, a great heiress; he took her name. [106] Her two children, the eccentric Edward Wortley Montagu, junior, and Mary, Countess of Bute. [107] Thomas, 4th Duke of Leeds. [108] 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Thomas Pelham Holles. The _bride_, Lady Harriett Godolphin, grand-daughter of the Duke of Marlborough. [109] The celebrated duchess. [110] Charles Spencer, 2nd Duke of Marlborough. [111] Her three little brothers. [Page heading: THE REV. WILLIAM FREIND] Mr. Freind, having written a letter to Elizabeth expressing a fear that her head might be turned by the great company, and the splendid place she was residing in, she replies-- “I am neither condemning greatness, nor envying it, but gratefully and cheerfully enjoying what I am. I thank Providence for the blessings it has given me, without either despising or wishing for the gifts it has bestowed on others. I enjoy the present time without regretting the past, or wishing for that to come, but still as conducive to happiness, prefer to-day to yesterday or to-morrow. I keep content for the present, and hope for the future, and love this life without fearing another.” This letter was sent to Witney, Oxon, the seat of the blanket manufacture. The Rev. William Freind had become Rector there, since the resignation of his father, the Rev. Dr. Robert Freind, in the previous year. His mother was a Miss Jane de l’Angle, daughter of the Rev. Samuel de l’Angle, once pastor of the reformed church at Charenton, near Paris, who, on the persecution of Louis XIV., fled to England and was made a Prebendary of Westminster. The Rev. William Freind built the good stone rectory still existent at Witney. A medallion portrait of him is over a door in the Hall. Mrs. Donnellan had been recommended to drink the waters at Spa in the Ardennes, and, accompanied by her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cottington, set out, poor Mr. Cottington dying soon after their arrival. Mrs. Donnellan wrote to Elizabeth on July 11 a long letter, out of which I copy the account of the water cure as then practised--