The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xxix
... give her an education beyond what was generally thought sufficient for the daughter of a nobleman in those days ; but her love of reading , and the " well furnished library " in her father's house , quickly supplied the defects of her ...
... give her an education beyond what was generally thought sufficient for the daughter of a nobleman in those days ; but her love of reading , and the " well furnished library " in her father's house , quickly supplied the defects of her ...
Page xliii
... give the form of an actual correspondence . 99 The names which I have ventured to affix to the initials afford , if correct , some idea of Lady Mary's circle of friends and connexions at that time . The Countess of Wackerbarth was a ...
... give the form of an actual correspondence . 99 The names which I have ventured to affix to the initials afford , if correct , some idea of Lady Mary's circle of friends and connexions at that time . The Countess of Wackerbarth was a ...
Page lxvii
... the glory to break your mother's heart . I will not curse you . God give you a real , not affected repentance . " A charge in the • same letter of his having " defamed a too fond MEMOIR OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . lxvii.
... the glory to break your mother's heart . I will not curse you . God give you a real , not affected repentance . " A charge in the • same letter of his having " defamed a too fond MEMOIR OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . lxvii.
Page lxviii
... give and bequeath to her Grace Margaret Duchess of Portland a white brilliant ring , with this motto enamelled , Maria Henrietta . I give to Signora Chiara Michielle Briga- dine , her choice of all my rings excepting that already ...
... give and bequeath to her Grace Margaret Duchess of Portland a white brilliant ring , with this motto enamelled , Maria Henrietta . I give to Signora Chiara Michielle Briga- dine , her choice of all my rings excepting that already ...
Page lxix
... give to all the servants living with me at the time of my decease a year's wages each ; and if there are among them any foreigners , their charges to their own country ; and ten guineas above the said legacy to Maria Anna Smith Fromenta ...
... give to all the servants living with me at the time of my decease a year's wages each ; and if there are among them any foreigners , their charges to their own country ; and ten guineas above the said legacy to Maria Anna Smith Fromenta ...
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