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ELY Dowager Marchioness of Dau of
9. ELY, Dowager Marchioness of, Dau. of late Jas.
— from The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial by Anonymous

election disaster marriage or divorce of
The anxiety with which he awaits the account of each new murder, swindle, election, disaster, marriage, or divorce of a special publicity, the mental agility with which he pounces upon it, the astonishing variety of points of view he can take of the thing, and the application with which he follows through successive installments the story to the very end, are delightful to behold.
— from Peeps at People by Robert Cortes Holliday

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