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Lady's Magazine;

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Entertaining Companion for the FAIR SÈx, appropriated folely to their Ufe and Amusement. SUPPLEMENT, for 1790.

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This Number is embellished with the following Copper Plates, viz.

1. A new Running Pattern for a Gown, &c.-2. A View of Dunfter Castle, Somerfet hire. And, 3. The Mufic to Dovefei, introduced by Dr. Arnold to English Words, in that excellent Compilation, by Mr. Handel, called Redemption.

LONDON, Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinfon, No. 25. Paternofter Row, where Favours from Correfpondents will be received.

On Tuesday, Feb. 1, will be published, Price 6d. (To be continued Monthly)

Embellished with an elegant Frontispiece, defigned and engraved by the most capital. Artists in Europe: an engraved Title Page; an elegant Engraving of the Tears of Grati tude: a new Pattern for a Fire-screen; and a Song, by Handel, in the Occasional

Oratorio.

THE LADY'S MAGAZINE; For JANUARY, 1791.

CONTAINING

The usual Variety of original, interesting, entertaining, and instructive Articles. The utility of this Mifcellany has been acknowledged for upwards of Twenty years, during which the Proprictors truft that their exertions have kept pace with the decided preference given to them. It is a Magazine in which they have endeavoured to combine all that is amufing, entertaining, or interefting to the Fair Sex, and they are too fenfible of its importance in the feale of useful publications not to make every exertion which can fender it worthy of the very extenûve patronage with which it has been honoured.

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THE

Lady's Magazine;

SUPPLEMENT for 1790.

DESCRIPTION OF DUNSTER [our view is north-eaft, the best

CASTLE,

In SOMERSETSHIRE.

calculated to how its form and beauty.

Of the town of Dunfter we may, add a few words. It had formerly

(With a North Eaft View of it finely an abbey of Benedictine monks,"

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from Watchet, and is feated en a fmall river, almoft clofe to the fea-fide. Its fituation is low, though it is encompaffed with hills, except towards the fea. The castle was given by William the Conqueror to William de Mohun, in whofe family it continued till fir John de Mohun, one of the firft knights of the Garter, having no male iffue, conveyed it to truftecs, for the ufe of his wife, who, after his decease, fold it, in the reign of king Edward the Third to the lady Elizabeth Lut trell, daughter of Hugh Courtney, earl of Devonshire, and widow of fir Andrew Luttrell, knight. Her fon, fir Henry Luttrell, who was lieutenant of Harfleur, and steward of the household to Henry the Fifth's queen, added feveral buildings now flanding, and left the caftle and ho nours to his pofterity, by whom it is ftill poffeffed. It stands on the fide of a hill, and is a beautiful ftructure, though built after the ancient manner; and of this edifice

founded by William de Mohun, and dedicated to St. George; but he

St. Peter at Bath. About the time
of the fuppreffion, it confifted only
of three monks, and its revenues
amounted to 37. 45. 8d. per annum.
The church of this town was built
in the reign of Henry the Seventh,
is a large handsome structure in the
form of a cathedral, with a fine
tower, and part of the ancient abbey
Dunfer
is ftill standing near it.
has a manufacture of kerfeys. Its
markets is on Fridays, and it has a
fair on Whitfun Monday for ped-
lars goods.

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