The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... less productive of visible results , no one who has had expe- rience of such duties will be inclined to rate lightly . Of other portions of Lady Mary's writings , not derived from the Wortley manuscripts , some account is required . The ...
... less productive of visible results , no one who has had expe- rience of such duties will be inclined to rate lightly . Of other portions of Lady Mary's writings , not derived from the Wortley manuscripts , some account is required . The ...
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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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... less than for the facilities accorded me for examining the large mass of the Wortley papers at Sandon for the objects of this edition . To the Right Honourable James Stuart Wortley I am also greatly indebted for similar favours . March ...
... less than for the facilities accorded me for examining the large mass of the Wortley papers at Sandon for the objects of this edition . To the Right Honourable James Stuart Wortley I am also greatly indebted for similar favours . March ...
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... less remarkable person . She died at ninety - six , after Lady Mary's return from the East . When Evelyn Pierrepont married he had one elder brother , then Earl of Kingston , still living , and he had not yet inherited the property ...
... less remarkable person . She died at ninety - six , after Lady Mary's return from the East . When Evelyn Pierrepont married he had one elder brother , then Earl of Kingston , still living , and he had not yet inherited the property ...
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... less than her lover's natural suspicion to suggest that such letters were a mere exercise of her literary skill . 66 Of her love for him , nevertheless , Mr. Wortley could have had no doubt . He had confessions of it under her own hand ...
... less than her lover's natural suspicion to suggest that such letters were a mere exercise of her literary skill . 66 Of her love for him , nevertheless , Mr. Wortley could have had no doubt . He had confessions of it under her own hand ...
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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.