The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... eyes this important confession should have been kept , was once more permitted to read the young lady's letter and dictate the reply ? .... Mr. Wortley , doubtless , had peculiar attractions in Lady XXX MEMOIR OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU .
... eyes this important confession should have been kept , was once more permitted to read the young lady's letter and dictate the reply ? .... Mr. Wortley , doubtless , had peculiar attractions in Lady XXX MEMOIR OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU .
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... eyes . He was a man of learning , a friend and associate of the most eminent literary men of his day ; he had travelled in company with his friend Addison in countries whose manners and customs were very early the subject of her dreams ...
... eyes . He was a man of learning , a friend and associate of the most eminent literary men of his day ; he had travelled in company with his friend Addison in countries whose manners and customs were very early the subject of her dreams ...
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... eyes a high proof of his love for her ; and it is evident that it increased her fond- ness and respect for him . It seems to have been considered by his own family as , in a worldly sense , an imprudent step ; and that it was so , in ...
... eyes a high proof of his love for her ; and it is evident that it increased her fond- ness and respect for him . It seems to have been considered by his own family as , in a worldly sense , an imprudent step ; and that it was so , in ...
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... eyes , but which has in it a sort of robust sincerity , not always unpleasing to the indulgent student of old manners . Lady Mary herself does not shrink from details in which no modern young lady would venture to in- terfere . The ...
... eyes , but which has in it a sort of robust sincerity , not always unpleasing to the indulgent student of old manners . Lady Mary herself does not shrink from details in which no modern young lady would venture to in- terfere . The ...
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... eyes . " ן כי But his epistolatory fervour had already abated . The latest letter found is dated 15th September , 1721 ; and this contains a rather awkward excuse for not lending a harpsichord as promised . [ See p . 338 , post . ] 1 In ...
... eyes . " ן כי But his epistolatory fervour had already abated . The latest letter found is dated 15th September , 1721 ; and this contains a rather awkward excuse for not lending a harpsichord as promised . [ See p . 338 , post . ] 1 In ...
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