The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... least a field for further research . In his " South Yorkshire , " published in 1828-31 , some years before Lord Wharncliffe's First Edition , is an account of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , for the material of which he acknow- ledges his ...
... least a field for further research . In his " South Yorkshire , " published in 1828-31 , some years before Lord Wharncliffe's First Edition , is an account of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , for the material of which he acknow- ledges his ...
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... least left unsettled by Lady Louisa Stuart's remarks . It seemed desirable to investi- gate more closely than previous editors have done the charges preferred against Lady Mary by Pope and Horace Walpole , and those who have since ...
... least left unsettled by Lady Louisa Stuart's remarks . It seemed desirable to investi- gate more closely than previous editors have done the charges preferred against Lady Mary by Pope and Horace Walpole , and those who have since ...
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... least from these analogies that it is unwise to expect that any men or women should in these matters be far above the spirit of the society in which it is their lot to live . I cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to ...
... least from these analogies that it is unwise to expect that any men or women should in these matters be far above the spirit of the society in which it is their lot to live . I cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to ...
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... least , assume that she was in . 1 [ The following table shows Lady Mary's connexion with the Evelyn family : - : - John Evelyn ( of Kingston ) , 1520 . I 1st wife George Evelyn ( of Long Ditton and George Evelyn ( of Everley and West ...
... least , assume that she was in . 1 [ The following table shows Lady Mary's connexion with the Evelyn family : - : - John Evelyn ( of Kingston ) , 1520 . I 1st wife George Evelyn ( of Long Ditton and George Evelyn ( of Everley and West ...
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... readers will , I fear , never be brought to regard their stealthy continuance of the correspondence as a crime . There were at least members of Lady Mary's own family who secretly aided MEMOIR OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . xxxiii.
... readers will , I fear , never be brought to regard their stealthy continuance of the correspondence as a crime . There were at least members of Lady Mary's own family who secretly aided MEMOIR OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . xxxiii.
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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.