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Rh few days after his beloved sister, with whom he had resided in Pall-mall for twenty-three years. .

great reputation by her poetical writings, which were greatly esteemed for their elegance of stile and delicacy of sentiment; amongst which were, Un Placet (or Petition) au Roi, and Des Lignes à M. le Due de Noailles, who was her relation, and presented the first to the king. It was preceded by a request, in prose, in which she makes known the melancholy situation to which she was reduced, as her family had left her but a small portion. The king immediately granted her a pension of 2000 livres; which favour engaged her more than once to sing his conquests. She was called Calliope, because she treated only of heroic subjects.

all daughters and scholars of Nicholas Renieri, and excited the envy of the best Venetian painters, by the great success which they had in the art.

by herself La Muse Limonadiere, on account of her being the daughter of one who sold lemonade, and