The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... English people of Lady Mary's time have become to us , in some degree , as aliens and objects of curious observation , whose points of divergence from our standards it is in like manner hard to forgive . It is not of course pretended ...
... English people of Lady Mary's time have become to us , in some degree , as aliens and objects of curious observation , whose points of divergence from our standards it is in like manner hard to forgive . It is not of course pretended ...
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... English and Austrian drawing - rooms - Ladies of the Key - Austerity of the empress mother - Diversions of the court - Virgil's Eneid To the Lady Rich , Sept. 20. — Letter from England — Vienna a paradise for old women - Good - natured ...
... English and Austrian drawing - rooms - Ladies of the Key - Austerity of the empress mother - Diversions of the court - Virgil's Eneid To the Lady Rich , Sept. 20. — Letter from England — Vienna a paradise for old women - Good - natured ...
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... English 183 To Mrs. Thistlethwayte , April 1. - The camel - Beasts of burden - First side - saddle seen in Adrianople - Turtles and storks - Description of the houses - The chiosk — The public inns · • • To Mrs. Hewet , April 1. - Want ...
... English 183 To Mrs. Thistlethwayte , April 1. - The camel - Beasts of burden - First side - saddle seen in Adrianople - Turtles and storks - Description of the houses - The chiosk — The public inns · • • To Mrs. Hewet , April 1. - Want ...
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... English language - The Tower of Babel . To Mr. Wortley Montagu , March 23. - Her son engrafted with the small - pox To the Countess of Bristol , April 10. - Pera , Tophana , and Galata The asmack , or Turkish veil - Variety of prospects ...
... English language - The Tower of Babel . To Mr. Wortley Montagu , March 23. - Her son engrafted with the small - pox To the Countess of Bristol , April 10. - Pera , Tophana , and Galata The asmack , or Turkish veil - Variety of prospects ...
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... English women contrasted · To Mrs. Thistlethwayte , Oct. 16. - An agreeable surprise- Versailles , Trianon , Marli , and St. Cloud - The King's cabinet of antiquities - Le Brun - The Archangel of Raphael -The Tuilleries - Paris and ...
... English women contrasted · To Mrs. Thistlethwayte , Oct. 16. - An agreeable surprise- Versailles , Trianon , Marli , and St. Cloud - The King's cabinet of antiquities - Le Brun - The Archangel of Raphael -The Tuilleries - Paris and ...
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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.