The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... England — Vienna a paradise for old women - Good - natured husbands - Curious custom - Affairs of the heart - Gallantry and good breeding -Religion and morality • • To Mrs. Thistlethwayte , Sept. 26. - Aversion to writing- Points of ...
... England — Vienna a paradise for old women - Good - natured husbands - Curious custom - Affairs of the heart - Gallantry and good breeding -Religion and morality • • To Mrs. Thistlethwayte , Sept. 26. - Aversion to writing- Points of ...
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... England 135 To the Lady Rich , Dec. 1. - Report of returning to England- The region of beauty - The traineau - The Duke of Wolfen- buttel To the Countess of Mar , Dec. 17. Journey to Blankenburg -Diversions of the court - Description of ...
... England 135 To the Lady Rich , Dec. 1. - Report of returning to England- The region of beauty - The traineau - The Duke of Wolfen- buttel To the Countess of Mar , Dec. 17. Journey to Blankenburg -Diversions of the court - Description of ...
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... England- Brass tablets - A Roman aqueduct - The cathedral of St. John - French Statues - The Saone and Rhone To the Lady Rich , Oct. 10. - The air of Paris - Misery of the French villages - The palace of Fontainebleau - The fair of St ...
... England- Brass tablets - A Roman aqueduct - The cathedral of St. John - French Statues - The Saone and Rhone To the Lady Rich , Oct. 10. - The air of Paris - Misery of the French villages - The palace of Fontainebleau - The fair of St ...
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... England - Lord Bathurst and Mrs. Howard -- The King of France - The Duke of Bedford and his bride - Mrs . Murray and Mr. Dodington - Lord Carteret's wit 1725. - The folly of mankind an inexhaustible source of amuse- ment - No smoke ...
... England - Lord Bathurst and Mrs. Howard -- The King of France - The Duke of Bedford and his bride - Mrs . Murray and Mr. Dodington - Lord Carteret's wit 1725. - The folly of mankind an inexhaustible source of amuse- ment - No smoke ...
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... England - Com- plaints of her son's conduct - Rules for the banishment of melancholy . PAGE 376 377 379 379 380 382 382 385 386 387 No date . —Air , exercise , and company the best of medicines— M. Rémond's history - Family matters - A ...
... England - Com- plaints of her son's conduct - Rules for the banishment of melancholy . PAGE 376 377 379 379 380 382 382 385 386 387 No date . —Air , exercise , and company the best of medicines— M. Rémond's history - Family matters - A ...
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Page 185 - I am patriot enough to take pains to bring this useful invention into fashion in England; and I should not fail to write to some of our doctors very particularly about it, if I knew any one of them that I thought had virtue enough to destroy such a considerable branch of their revenue, for the good of mankind.