Talma. François Joseph Talma (1763–1826), one of the greatest of French tragic actors.
Mademoiselle Georges. Marguerite-Joséphine Weimer, otherwise Georges (1787–1867), one of the most famous actresses of her day, beautiful, haughty, and wayward.
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[154]. Madame Paradol. Anne-Catherine-Lucinde Prévost-Paradol (1798–1843).
Mademoiselle Duchesnois. Catherine-Joseph Rufuin, otherwise Duchesnois (1777–1835), classical tragédienne. She was an intimate friend of Talma, and has been considered his equal. The rivalry between her and the beautiful Mlle. Georges extended to their respective admirers and to the press.
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October 26. Numbered XI.
157. Inigo Jones. The architect of Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, the banqueting-house at Whitehall, St. Paul’s Church, Covent-Garden, etc. (1573–1652).
The famous passage in Burke. A Letter to a Noble Lord (Works, Bohn, V. 137).
Mr. Jerdan. William Jerdan (1782–1869), editor of the Tory Sun (1813–1817), and then associated for many years with the Literary Gazette.