"Oh, Gabrielle is really such a wayward child!" declared her ladyship to old Colonel Burton at her side.

In this respect, therefore, I shall humbly desire ye to bestow a favourable countenance upon this little labour, which when ye have graced it withal, I must and will acknowledge myself greatly indebted unto your ladyships in this behalf: neither shall I amongst the rest, that admire your rare virtues (which are not a few in Essex), cease to commend this undeserved gentleness.

such an Air! what a Glance was that as her Chariot pass'd by mineMy Lady herself interrupted him; Pray who is this fine ThingI warrant, says another, tis the Creature I was telling your Ladyship of just now.

I shall do myself the honour of waiting upon your Ladyship at Twickenham to receive my sentence.

" "I have lately engaged in the Guinea trade, and could supply her ladyship with any number of healthy young negroes before next fall," said Mr. Trail, obsequiously.

I once thought of your ladyship as a wife for Derwent" A glass of water was necessary to enable the reader to clear her voice, which grew husky from speaking so long.

Two of the cowed but eager islanders were carrying her ladyship between them, Deppingham striding close behind in a position to catch her should she again lose consciousness.

When Selina Countess of Huntingdon asked the Duchess of Buckingham to accompany her to a sermon of Whitefield's, the Duchess replied: "I thank your ladyship for the information concerning the Methodist preachers; their doctrines are most repulsive, and strongly tinctured with impertinence and disrespect towards their superiors, in perpetually endeavouring to level all ranks and do away with all distinctions.

You should have taken her ladyship into your confidence and got her to pump her husband concerning them.

The omission of this Preface, which contained an answer to part of the sermon, and gave her reasons for writing the poem, had occasioned some people to make ill-natured reflexions on it: this put her ladyship on justifying herself, and assuring her readers, that there are no reflexions in it levelled at any particular persons, besides the author of the Sermon; him (says she)

"Now what sort of bouquets would your ladyship like me to cut?" asked Tom, holding up a very pretty rose before his sister.

"Zo 'a did, and her ladyship avore yu.

The fearful charges brought by her ladyship against Luke Hatton produced some effect, and were listened to; but, as they could only be substantiated by herself and Sarah Swarton, they fell to the ground; since here again Lady Roos refused to be a witness against her husband.

and the ladyship oop Barracombe ways, her bain't vit var tu du 't, as arl on us du know.

Thomson, who praises her so lavishly in his "Spring," offended her ladyship by allowing her too clearly to perceive that he was resolved not to place himself in the dilemma of which Pope speaks so feelingly with reference to other poetasters.

'I hope your ladyship is well; welcome home, my lady; welcome again to Cherbury; a welcome return, my lady; hope Miss Venetia is quite well; happy to see your ladyship amongst us again, and Miss Venetia too, my lady.'