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3 unusual facts about Elizabeth Germain


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Amongst the references to contemporaries of Dean Swift, frequent mention is made of Elizabeth Germain.

Elizabeth Germain

Jonathan Swift was chaplain to her father from 1699 to 1701, while the Earl of Berkeley was lord justice in Ireland, and Lady Betty and Swift continued their friendship during the various times he spent in England.

These gems were described in two folio volumes entitled Gemmarum antiquarum delectus quse in dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur, 1781-90; the engravings were chiefly by Bartolozzi, and the Latin text by Jacob Bryant and William Cole (1753-1806)



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