The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... believe published by him from the originals for the first time ; as were also the letters to Lady Pomfret and to Sir James and Lady Steuart , to which his Lordship alluded in the following passage . • " Of the authenticity of these ...
... believe published by him from the originals for the first time ; as were also the letters to Lady Pomfret and to Sir James and Lady Steuart , to which his Lordship alluded in the following passage . • " Of the authenticity of these ...
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... believe in miracles- Visit to the opera - Beauty of the Scenic representations- Ridiculousness of the Austrian comedies - Price of admission to the opera - Jeremy Collier To the Countess of Mar , Sept. 14. - First appearance at court ...
... believe in miracles- Visit to the opera - Beauty of the Scenic representations- Ridiculousness of the Austrian comedies - Price of admission to the opera - Jeremy Collier To the Countess of Mar , Sept. 14. - First appearance at court ...
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... believe my silence can proceed from neglect . Hurry . All my family safe and well . Tenderly con- cerned for her . Mrs. J. hard fortune . No distance can make me less hers . MRS . WT . [ West ] . All well . Country much better than I ex ...
... believe my silence can proceed from neglect . Hurry . All my family safe and well . Tenderly con- cerned for her . Mrs. J. hard fortune . No distance can make me less hers . MRS . WT . [ West ] . All well . Country much better than I ex ...
Page xlv
... believe that this woman dropped suddenly into a degraded and shameless way of life as Pope and Walpole , and those who have adopted their statements , have asserted . But we are not left to infer the truth from such considerations ...
... believe that this woman dropped suddenly into a degraded and shameless way of life as Pope and Walpole , and those who have adopted their statements , have asserted . But we are not left to infer the truth from such considerations ...
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... believe in any mutual and acknowledged attachment during their infrequent meetings before she left England , would be to assume , without evidence , a degree of profligacy hardly to be imagined . She was young , beautiful , and ...
... believe in any mutual and acknowledged attachment during their infrequent meetings before she left England , would be to assume , without evidence , a degree of profligacy hardly to be imagined . She was young , beautiful , 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.