The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... that her name was not to be mentioned , and that her own words were as much as possible to be used . All such part of them as I could think at all suitable to the work for which they were intended are given either in the.
... that her name was not to be mentioned , and that her own words were as much as possible to be used . All such part of them as I could think at all suitable to the work for which they were intended are given either in the.
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... given either in the text or the notes ; but still much remained unused , and I shall here preserve some account of it . " He accordingly pro- ceeds to give further details , which make it evident that Lady Louisa's communication was ...
... given either in the text or the notes ; but still much remained unused , and I shall here preserve some account of it . " He accordingly pro- ceeds to give further details , which make it evident that Lady Louisa's communication was ...
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... given as parts of the text . Passages were continually omitted , and names inserted , without warning to the reader ; and num- berless minute alterations were introduced apparently with no object but to improve the language of the ...
... given as parts of the text . Passages were continually omitted , and names inserted , without warning to the reader ; and num- berless minute alterations were introduced apparently with no object but to improve the language of the ...
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... given in notes . An account of these letters will be found in the Memoir . Some letters and poems not included in previous editions , are added , and in every section it has been endeavoured to ascertain from internal evidence the exact ...
... given in notes . An account of these letters will be found in the Memoir . Some letters and poems not included in previous editions , are added , and in every section it has been endeavoured to ascertain from internal evidence the exact ...
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... given on the authority mentioned . The letters in the appendix to Lord Wharncliffe's edition , are now incorporated with the letters to Lady Mar , and such portions of Lord Wharncliffe's arguments as are not now superseded are quoted in ...
... given on the authority mentioned . The letters in the appendix to Lord Wharncliffe's edition , are now incorporated with the letters to Lady Mar , and such portions of Lord Wharncliffe's arguments as are not now superseded are quoted in ...
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acquaintance admired Adrianople afterwards agreeable allusion appears beauty believe charms Constantinople copy correspondence Countess Countess of Bute court daughter dear doubt Duchess Duke Earl edition England English esteem fancy father favour fond friendship give hand happiness hear Hervey Hewet honour hope Horace Walpole husband imagine journey King knew Lady Bute Lady Louisa Stuart Lady Mary Pierrepont Lady Mary Wortley Lady Mary's letters live Lord Halifax Lord Hervey Lord Townshend lover Madame Madame de Sévigné manner marriage married Mary Astell mind mother never opinion passed passion person Pierrepont pleased pleasure Pope Pope's received shew Sir Robert sister Sowden supposed sure Tatler tell thing Thoresby thought told Tories town Turkish Turks Vienna Walpole's West Dean Wharncliffe Whigs wife wish woman women Wortley Montagu Wortley's write written young
Popular passages
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.