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Madame Dunois' Court of England : Beau Wil' 

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 elevation of Beau Wilson, and his subsequent 

 death, at the hands of Law, of Mississippi notoriety, 

 was Mrs. Manley, most probably. The letter, 

 which is a singular production, and is perhaps 

 based on truth, is to be found in Familiar Letters 

 of Love and Gallantry, 1724, vol. ii. p. 61. et seq., 

 where it is the first (and the only interesting one) 

 of a series intituled " Original Letters from the 

 Island of New Atlantis." The lady who lavished 

 such immense wealth upon him was intended for 

 the Duchess of Cleveland ; who finally is said to 

 have incited Law to challenge him to a duel and 

 murder him. Is not the author above mentioned 

 the Countess D'Annois ? 



What is the *' very different source " of his 

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 mentioned ? Was it the Philosopher's Stone ? — 

 which, according to common report, he had dis- 

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