The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... expect that any men or women should in these matters be far above the spirit of the society in which it is their lot to live . I cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to the Earl of Harrowby , for his great liberality ...
... expect that any men or women should in these matters be far above the spirit of the society in which it is their lot to live . I cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to the Earl of Harrowby , for his great liberality ...
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... expect all that is complaisant , but never what is fond ; and calmly assures him that if he can live with a companion who will have all the deference due to his superior good sense , and if his proposals should be agreeable to her ...
... expect all that is complaisant , but never what is fond ; and calmly assures him that if he can live with a companion who will have all the deference due to his superior good sense , and if his proposals should be agreeable to her ...
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... expect it of me to persevere till death in every sentiment or notion I now set down , than you would ima- gine a man's face should never change after his picture was once drawn ; and there are frequent indications throughout the letters ...
... expect it of me to persevere till death in every sentiment or notion I now set down , than you would ima- gine a man's face should never change after his picture was once drawn ; and there are frequent indications throughout the letters ...
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... expect ? Your friends here could give you no relief , and you should be wholly at the barbarous mercy of those whose sense get [ gets ? ] not sufficiently the better of their hatred or contempt as to make them carry with seeming respect ...
... expect ? Your friends here could give you no relief , and you should be wholly at the barbarous mercy of those whose sense get [ gets ? ] not sufficiently the better of their hatred or contempt as to make them carry with seeming respect ...
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... expect they should be . She had on one evening a particular engagement that made her wish to be dismissed unusually early ; she explained her reasons to the Duchess of Kendal , and the duchess informed the king , who , after a few ...
... expect they should be . She had on one evening a particular engagement that made her wish to be dismissed unusually early ; she explained her reasons to the Duchess of Kendal , and the duchess informed the king , who , after a few ...
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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.