Woffington
Britishnoun
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Shaking from her pretty shoulders the garish costumes of two previous cinema roles�as Nell Gwyn and Peg Woffington �Britain's beloved Anna Neagle last week traced with pomp and piety Queen Victoria's long reign.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peg Woffington came to London at twenty-two years of age.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison
I must have tea—tea or death—three times a day, and, as Johnson said about Mrs. Woffington and her tea, 'It is strong, and red as blood.'
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix
The little vintner, tickled that the great Mistress Woffington should have deigned to notice an unknown nonentity, was duly brought up and presented.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
There was no recourse but to permit Peggy Woffington to take it.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
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