Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in conversations with her physician, vol. 2 (of 3)

Transcriber’s Note

Reading edition

This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Obsolete and alternative spellings were left unchanged.

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the chapter. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, or partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Punctuation was adjusted to standard usage. Duplicate letters and words at line endings or page breaks were removed.

Footnotes [3] and [22] were missing anchors in the text. Anchors were added where they may have belonged.

The following items were changed:

that to than

Pourcignac to Pourceaugnac, Footnote [17]

Dairies to Diaries, Footnote [22]

he to she

crew to grew

venemous to venomous

espistle to epistle

Bankes to Banks

Notes in this chapter

Note 3 · “In 1800, Mr. Pitt, for the third time, contemplated renewing his attempts to make peace with France, and he offered the mission again to Lo Note 2 · This Pasha was so afraid, in the midst of all his power, of being poisoned, that he had the dishes brought to his table under padlock. When Note 4 · The Duke of York’s behaviour is incomparable; he is their great and only comfort and support at the Queen’s house, and without his manly min