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Lady Deloraine

By EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

The *Delia* of Pope's line, "Slander or poison dread from *Delia's* rage," is supposed to have been Lady Deloraine, who remarried W. Windam, Esq., of Carsham, and died in Oct., 1744. The person said to have been poisoned was a Miss Mackenzie. Are the grounds of this strange suspicion known?

Topics: Victorian Literature, Historical Customs

Locations: Carsham