Note 186 — Chapter XII · HALCYON DAYS
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George Etherege to Joseph Williamson, letter endorsed “R. 8 May, 1670,” S.P. Turkey, 19. It is interesting to compare this verdict with this: “One of the most refined witts, the most accomplished Courtier, and a person of the greatest experience,” Rycaut to Field, loc. cit. Etherege was a poet, Rycaut a historian; which of the two had a truer insight time was to show.