... ance her unrivalled persuasive powers lent to the victorious return of Charles James Fox, the great orator, statesman, and Whig chief, on the memorable electioneering contest at Westminster in 1784, the most famous struggle on record, and one that the ...

... the amenity and graces of her deportment, her irresistible manners, and the seduction of her society. The fair Queen of the Whigs, and, indeed, cu the ton of her day, was a reformer in dress, and introduced a simple, flowing, artless style to super sede ...

... of tragedy and comedy extending over two generations attended Mrs. Jordan's benefit performance, the occasion on which the Whig Club offered the substantial tribute of recognition to the merits of the fair comedienne already recorded. This was on April ...