The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xxix
... hand- writing , from which I am now quoting , we learn that it was her critical observations on a new play which , at their first meeting , struck Mr. Wortley with surprise . They met at a party given by a friend of Lady Mary's , a ...
... hand- writing , from which I am now quoting , we learn that it was her critical observations on a new play which , at their first meeting , struck Mr. Wortley with surprise . They met at a party given by a friend of Lady Mary's , a ...
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... hands . Lady Louisa Stuart informs us that they were regularly entered with the letters of Congreve into her Diary ... hand , It is stated by Mr. Dallaway that " Pope , during his intimacy with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , made her a ...
... hands . Lady Louisa Stuart informs us that they were regularly entered with the letters of Congreve into her Diary ... hand , It is stated by Mr. Dallaway that " Pope , during his intimacy with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , made her a ...
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... hands of her husband , who has indorsed each one in his own handwriting , with a synopsis of its contents . It may be inferred , therefore , that , exasperated by Lady Mary's re- fusal to comply with his demands for money , Rémond ...
... hands of her husband , who has indorsed each one in his own handwriting , with a synopsis of its contents . It may be inferred , therefore , that , exasperated by Lady Mary's re- fusal to comply with his demands for money , Rémond ...
Page lx
... hands , " he remarks , “ she would ratify the bargain ; but if in her sister's , probably she will not . If while she is that way Lord M. [ Mar ] comes to die , it is too probable that his daughter will fall into the same hands , which ...
... hands , " he remarks , “ she would ratify the bargain ; but if in her sister's , probably she will not . If while she is that way Lord M. [ Mar ] comes to die , it is too probable that his daughter will fall into the same hands , which ...
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... hands of this man , he has himself sketched in a curious passage which he puts into Lady Mary's mouth , in an imaginary conversation between herself and her sister . Quite separated from your father's and mother's friends and from your ...
... hands of this man , he has himself sketched in a curious passage which he puts into Lady Mary's mouth , in an imaginary conversation between herself and her sister . Quite separated from your father's and mother's friends and from your ...
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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.