1724-25 - Word in Context

Updated: May 9, 2025

So I waited on him downstairs, which he took as a piece of ceremony; but indeed it was to see him out of the house without stealing something." One of the most important negotiations chronicled by Wanley relates to the purchase of the Graevius MSS. in 1724-25.
J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone - Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries