Volume the Third: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 65381
and her Sister'sMarriage had greatly contributedto make so. [.] —1 Divided
thus from the two she lovedbest on Earth,
while Cecilia & Mary were still moreendeared to her by
their loſs, everything that brought a remembrance of
them was doubly cherished, &the Shrubs they had planted, & the keepsakes theyhad
given were rendered sacred —. The living ofChetwynde was now in the poſseſsion of a MrDudley, whose Family
unlike the Wynnes wereproductive only of vexation &
trouble to MrsPercivalPeterson,and her Neice. Mr Dudley, who was the youngerSon of a very noble Family,
of a Family morefamed for their Pride than their opulence, tena::cious of his Dignity, and
jealous of his rights, wasforever quarrelling, if not with MrsP.Percivaleterson herself,with her Steward and
Tenants concerning tythes,and with the
principal Neighbours themselves concerning
the respect & parade, he exacted.ThHis Wife, an ill-educated, untaught Woman of ancient family, was proud of that family almost
without knowing why, and like him too was haughty and quarrelsome,
without con:
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