Beaux and Belles of England

Download or read book Beaux and Belles of England written by Mary Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her mother was the daughter of a commoner, the Right Honourable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham, in Berkshire. This lady was long remembered both by friends and neighbours with veneration. She was sensible and intelligent, polite, agreeable, and of unbounded charity; but Miss Burney, who knew her, depicts her as ostentatious in her exertions, and somewhat self-righteous and vainglorious. She was, however, fervently beloved by her daughter, who afterward made several pecuniary sacrifices to ensure her mother's comfort.