The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to the Earl of Harrowby , for his great liberality and kind- ness in affording me the opportunity of publishing a correct text of Lady Mary's writings , no less than for X PREFACE TO ...
... cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to the Earl of Harrowby , for his great liberality and kind- ness in affording me the opportunity of publishing a correct text of Lady Mary's writings , no less than for X PREFACE TO ...
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... kind - hearted Steele was the friend and confidant of the lovers throughout their court- ship . Even the fact of his being considerably older than Lady Mary , did not , I suspect , detract from Mr. Wortley's merits in her estimation ...
... kind - hearted Steele was the friend and confidant of the lovers throughout their court- ship . Even the fact of his being considerably older than Lady Mary , did not , I suspect , detract from Mr. Wortley's merits in her estimation ...
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... kind- ness ; sometimes jealous and angry ; sometimes in ill - health , and about to go abroad he knows not for how long ; occasionally so indifferent about her letters that he allows them to accumulate in town until he finds four or ...
... kind- ness ; sometimes jealous and angry ; sometimes in ill - health , and about to go abroad he knows not for how long ; occasionally so indifferent about her letters that he allows them to accumulate in town until he finds four or ...
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... kind ; to have had , indeed , no foundation but the fact of her having sent him some verses to correct through Mrs. Howard . Pope was then still friendly with Lady Mary , and supposed to be in love with Martha Blount , and he sends ...
... kind ; to have had , indeed , no foundation but the fact of her having sent him some verses to correct through Mrs. Howard . Pope was then still friendly with Lady Mary , and supposed to be in love with Martha Blount , and he sends ...
Page xlix
... kind offer of your house.1 I believe we " I am , Sir , your most obedient , humble servant , " ED . WORTLEY . " There is no evidence of Pope ever having possessed a portrait of Lady Mary ; and that this particular one was painted for ...
... kind offer of your house.1 I believe we " I am , Sir , your most obedient , humble servant , " ED . WORTLEY . " There is no evidence of Pope ever having possessed a portrait of Lady Mary ; and that this particular one was painted for ...
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