The third and last volume of the memoirs of Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington : wherein are occasionally interspersed variety of poems of distinction, with the conclusive part of the life of the inimitable Dean Swift,
In her personal and literary memoirs Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1706-1750) uses comment, report and gossip to describe her 'adventures and misadventures'. Born in Dublin, her childhood memories describe her admiration of her father John Van Lewen, obstetrician, who held progressive views towa...
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