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11. Oldenlandia digynia, or two-ftyled oldenlandia: 
flowers five-ftamened, two-ftyled, feffile; leaves lanceo¬ 
late. The appearance of this is different from that of the 
Oldenlandias. Koenig fent this alfo from Tranquebar. 
12. Oldenlandia trinervia, or three-nerved oldenlandia: 
Hem decumbent ; leaves ovate, three-nerved ; flowers in 
whorls, axillary: capfules hifpid. Sent from the Eall 
Indies by Koenig. 
13. Oldenlandia foetida, or (linking oldenlandia: um¬ 
bel terminating, trichotomous ; leaves l'patulate. 14. 
Oldenlandia debilis, or weak oldenlandia: umbels axil¬ 
lary, peduncled, few-flowered ; leaves ovate, feflile. Na¬ 
tives of the ifland of Tongataboo in the South Seas. 
15. Oldenlandia tentifolia, or fine-leaved oldenlandia : 
pedunclesaxillary, (blit,ary, one-flowered; leaves linear- 
fubulate. Native of the Eall Indies; and of the ifland of 
Tanna in the South Seas. 
16. Oldenlandia Zanguebarias, or African oldenlandia: 
peduncles few-flowered ; corollas falver-lhaped ; leaves li¬ 
near. Stem herbaceous, eight inches high. Native of 
the eaftern coafl of Africa. 
Loureiro remarks, that he never flaw a flower of Ol¬ 
denlandia with four petals^ Other little differences that 
occur, are perhaps (in his opinion) fcarcely fufficieht to 
feparate this genus from Hedyotis. 
Propagation and Culture. Sow the feeds early in the 
fpring on a hot-bed ; and, when the plants are come up, 
tranlplant them to another hot-bed, or into fmall pots 
lunged into the bark-bed. Water and (hade them until 
they hhve taken root; then give them free air in warm 
weather, and frequently refrefh them with water. Some 
feeds will ripen in July; gather them from time to time, 
as they become ripe, for there will be frefli flowers pro¬ 
duced until autumn. Or, if the feeds be permitted to 
fcatter in the pots, the plants will Coop appear, and will 
live through the winter in the (love, and flower early the 
following fpring. See Hedyotis and Isnardia. 
O'LDENSTADT, a town of Weftphalia, in the prin¬ 
cipality of Luneburg Zelle : one mile north-eaft of Ultzen, 
and twenty fouth-fouth-eaft of Luneburg. 
O'LDENSWORT, a town of the duchy of Slefwick : 
five miles weft-Couth-weft of Frederickftadt. 
O'LDENZEEL, a town of Holland, in the department 
of Overiffel, the capital of the country of Tvvente. Some 
authors pretend that the ancient Salii originally were the 
inhabitants of this place, on account of its name Olden- 
y.eel, Oldefalia, or Sa!in Veins; and produce, as a farther 
teftimony, Sallant, or Zailant, the neighbouring country 
or diltribf, and which they underftand to mean the coun¬ 
try of the Saliens or Salii. It is forty miles north-well of 
Munfter, and forty-five north-eaft of Arnheim. Lat. 52. 
24. N. Ion. 6. 45. E. 
O'LDESLOHE, a town of the duchy of Holftein ; this 
town fuffered fo much by war and fire in the fifteenth cen¬ 
tury, that it has never recovered. Here are fome fa-lt- 
works. It is fifteen miles weft of Lubeck, and twenty- 
three north-eaft of Hamburg. Lat. 53. 50. N. Ion. 10. 27. E. 
O'LDERSUM, a town of Eaft'-Friefland: fix miles 
fouth-eaft of Emden. 
O'LDFIELD, a town of North-Carolina: five miles 
fouth of Tarburg. 
O'LDFIELD (Anne), a celebrated Engl.ifli aflrefs, was 
liorn in Pall Mall, London, in the year 1683a Her father was 
an officer in the guards. In 1699 (lie was introduced to 
Mr. Rich by fir John Vanburgh ; but (became forward very 
(lowly on the ftage, on account of her extraordinary diffi¬ 
dence, and was very little noticed, as we are informed by 
Cibber, till about the year 1703, when (lie began to fuc- 
ceed to the parts of Mrs. Verbruggen. “ The firft (billing 
proof of Mrs. Oldfield’s merit,” fays Thomas Davies, 
“ was produced in the Carelefs Hufband, (1704.) Little 
known before, (lie was barely fuffered. Her Lady Betty 
Modifli at once difcovered accomplifliments to which the 
public were ftrangers.” 
Mrs. Oldfield was, in perfon, tall, genteel, and well- 
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fhaped; her countenance pleafing and exprefllve, enlivened 
with large fpeaking eyes, which, in (ome particular comic 
fituations, (he kept half (hut, efpecially when (he intended 
to give effect to fome brilliant orgay thought. In fpright- 
linefs of air, and elegance of manner, (he excelled all ac- 
treffies ; and was greatly fuperior in the clear, lonorous, 
and harmonious, tones of her voice. By being a welcome 
and conftant vifitor to families of diftimftion, Mrs. Old¬ 
field acquired an elegant and graceful deportment in re- 
prefenting women of high rank. She expreffed the fenti- 
ments of Lady Betty Modifli and Lady Townly in a man¬ 
ner fo eafy, natural, and flowing) and fo like to her com¬ 
mon converfation, that they appeared to be her own ge¬ 
nuine conception. Lady Townly has been univerfally 
(aid to be her ne plus ultra in acling. She Aided fo grace¬ 
fully into the foibles, and difplayed fo humouroufly the 
exceffies, of a fine woman, too fenfible of her charms, too 
confident of her power, and led away by her paffion for 
pleafure, that no fucceeding Lady Townly arrived at her 
many diftinguifhed excellencies in the character. To gain 
a more complete knowledge of this adlrefs’s diftinguifhed 
faculties of pleafing, the reader (liould perufe the latter 
end of Cibber’s preface to his Provoked Plufband, and 
the ninth chapter of his Apology. Soon after the appear¬ 
ance of the Provoked Hufband, the managers made her 
a prefent of fifty guineas. 
Mrs. Oldfield lived fucceffively the friend and miftrefs 
of Arthur Manwaring, one of the mod accomplifbed men 
of his age, and of Gen. Churchill. She had a foil by each 
of thefe gentlemen, to whom (he left her property. Not- 
withftanding thefe connexions were publicly known, (he 
was invited to the boufes of women offafhion, as much 
diftinguifhed for unblemiflied charailer as elevated rank. 
The royal family did not dildain to fee Mrs. Oldfield at 
their levees. George II. and queen Caroline, when prince 
and princefs of Wales, often condefcended to converfe 
with her. 
Mrs. Oldfield, from mere motives of companion, be¬ 
llowed a yearly penfion of 50I. on the unfortunate Savage, 
which he enjoyed to her death. Dr. Johnfon feems to ap¬ 
prove Savage’s not celebrating the memory of his bene- 
fadtrefs in a poem. But, furely, he might have written 
verfes on his patronefs without offence to decency or mo¬ 
rality. Mrs. Oldfield was generous and humane, witty, 
well-bred, and univerfally admired and beloved. In va¬ 
riety of profeffional merit, fhe excelled all the adlreffies of 
her time. Thefe are topics Mr. Savage might have in¬ 
filled upon, without wounding his piety. 
Mrs. Oldfield died 061 . 23, 1730; and was buried 
(Gent. Mag. vol. i.) in “ a winding-fheet, a Bruffiels-lace 
head-drefs, a Holland-fiiift, with tucker and double ruffles 
of the fame lace, and a pair of new kid-gloves.” There 
cannot be a doubt, therefore, that (lie was meant, by 
the dying coquet, in Pope’s Epiltle on the Chara6ters of 
Women : 
Odious! in woollen ! ’twould a faint provoke! 
Were the lalt words which poor N arc ilia (poke. 
No ! let a charming chintz and Bruffiels-lace 
Wrap my cold limbs, and (hade mylifelefs face. 
One would not, lure, be frightful when one’s dead ; 
And, Betty, give this cheek a little red. 
The Betty here mentioned is fuppofed to have been Mrs. 
Saunders, Mrs. Oldfield’s friend and confidante, a verv 
good aftrefs in parts of decayed widows, nurfes, and old- 
maids ; but who had retired from the ftage feveral years. 
Davies's Dramatic MiJ'ccllanies, vol. iii. Cibber's Apology. 
Gent. Mag. for 1731 and 1753. 
O'LDFIELD (T. P.), a youth of mod ’extraordinary 
genius; died at the Grotto Houle, Margate, July 10, 
1804, in his fixteenth year. At the age of five years and 
a half he had a fcarlet fever, which brought on him a pa- 
ralylis of the lower extremities, and debilitated his body 
for the reft of his life; but his mind prefented the fineft 
difplay of human perfection. Whatever he read, he in- 
ftantly 
