Wits, beaux, and beauties of the Georgian era . was prejudicial. I sentnext morning. She had a bad night ; but grew muchbetter in the evening. Lady Dalkeith came to her ;and when she was gone. Lady Suffolk said to LordChetwynd she would eat her supper in her went up with her, and thought the appearancespromised a good night : but she was scarce sat downin her chair before she pressed her hand to her side, anddied in half-an-hour. 230 WITS REAUX AND BEAUTIES Lord Chesterfield and Lord Hervey (to say nothing ofJohn Wilson Croker) believed that Lady Suffolks rela-tions with George I
Wits, beaux, and beauties of the Georgian era . was prejudicial. I sentnext morning. She had a bad night ; but grew muchbetter in the evening. Lady Dalkeith came to her ;and when she was gone. Lady Suffolk said to LordChetwynd she would eat her supper in her went up with her, and thought the appearancespromised a good night : but she was scarce sat downin her chair before she pressed her hand to her side, anddied in half-an-hour. 230 WITS REAUX AND BEAUTIES Lord Chesterfield and Lord Hervey (to say nothing ofJohn Wilson Croker) believed that Lady Suffolks rela-tions with George IL were of what is popularly termeda Platonic nature. Walpole held that the characterof George II. forbade any such supposition. Howeverthis may be (and it is impossible now to resolve the doubt),in all the other relations of hfe we may approve Walpolesjudgment when he says that he never knew a woman morerespectable for her honour and her principles, as well asreadily credit his assertion that he had lost few friendswhom he should miss so C. Rrad, /•iiiM. r. MAKIA, ((MNTKSS OF COVKNTKY
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