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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Spells

She spells like a kitchen maid.
Swift.—To Mr. Worrall, Jan. 13, 1729.

False spelling is only excusable in a chambermaid, for I would not pardon it in a waiting maid.
Swift.—To Mr. Gay, 13, April, 1731.