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Miss Burncy open her diary ; then there was Mrs. Byron, 

 grandmother of the poet, who was very far from well, 

 but whose charming spirits never failed her ; and Mrs. 

 Siddons, playing in Belvidera, who did not move Miss 



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Burney greatly ; and Mr. Lee, playing Pierre, who did ; 

 and Mr. Anstey, author of the Bath Guide, who on 

 the first occasion on which Miss Burney met him, had 

 no opportunity of shining, and appeared, not unnaturally, 

 " as like anoth er man as could be imagined ; ' and Mrs. 



