The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... madam , of the joy I must feel on the receipt of your letter . It was a joy too big for utterance . " A letter , It is difficult to believe that such regrets were feigned , or to imagine the writer plunging immediately afterwards into ...
... madam , of the joy I must feel on the receipt of your letter . It was a joy too big for utterance . " A letter , It is difficult to believe that such regrets were feigned , or to imagine the writer plunging immediately afterwards into ...
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... madam go hers . " In a word , Horace Walpole himself was gene- rally supposed to be the son of Carr Lord Hervey , and Sir Robert not to be ignorant of it . One striking circumstance was visible to the naked eye ; no beings in human ...
... madam go hers . " In a word , Horace Walpole himself was gene- rally supposed to be the son of Carr Lord Hervey , and Sir Robert not to be ignorant of it . One striking circumstance was visible to the naked eye ; no beings in human ...
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... madam , ” an- swered Lady Mary , naming off - hand the most unlikely person she could think of . The company laughed , and the lady looked dis- concerted ; but not daring to betray her better knowledge by disputing the fact , went on in ...
... madam , ” an- swered Lady Mary , naming off - hand the most unlikely person she could think of . The company laughed , and the lady looked dis- concerted ; but not daring to betray her better knowledge by disputing the fact , went on in ...
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... Madam . This post has brought me nothing but compliments , without one bit of news . I heard the last , that Lord Stair was wounded . " You can tell me whether to believe it or no . Excuse my dulness ; and be so good as never to read a ...
... Madam . This post has brought me nothing but compliments , without one bit of news . I heard the last , that Lord Stair was wounded . " You can tell me whether to believe it or no . Excuse my dulness ; and be so good as never to read a ...
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... madam , I do not question your forgiveness , and your hope , that when I do not write to Mrs. Hewet , there is some unavoidable cause for my silence . Your news and your book very much diverted me : it is an old , but very pleasant ...
... madam , I do not question your forgiveness , and your hope , that when I do not write to Mrs. Hewet , there is some unavoidable cause for my silence . Your news and your book very much diverted me : it is an old , but very pleasant ...
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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.