The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... Count of Salmes - The only beautiful woman in Vienna a nun - Misery the Roman Catholic re- ligion occasions b PAGE 102 104 105 106 107 109 111 114 116 120 123 125 • To Mr. - Oct. 10. - Pleasure and disappointment - CONTENTS . xvii.
... Count of Salmes - The only beautiful woman in Vienna a nun - Misery the Roman Catholic re- ligion occasions b PAGE 102 104 105 106 107 109 111 114 116 120 123 125 • To Mr. - Oct. 10. - Pleasure and disappointment - CONTENTS . xvii.
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... occasion -A Spanish woman married to a Turk - The custom of adoption among the Turks , Greeks , and Armenians- Lenten diet of the Armenians - Their matrimonial ceremonies 235 To the Abbé Conti , May 19. - The Turkish court - Mistake of ...
... occasion -A Spanish woman married to a Turk - The custom of adoption among the Turks , Greeks , and Armenians- Lenten diet of the Armenians - Their matrimonial ceremonies 235 To the Abbé Conti , May 19. - The Turkish court - Mistake of ...
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... occasion No date . Joy at Lady Mary's return - Description of an old country - house No date . - Esteem for Lady Mary No date . - Desire for Lady Mary's portrait to be painted * 1719 . Is sick , and has a swelled face PAGE 300 302 306 ...
... occasion No date . Joy at Lady Mary's return - Description of an old country - house No date . - Esteem for Lady Mary No date . - Desire for Lady Mary's portrait to be painted * 1719 . Is sick , and has a swelled face PAGE 300 302 306 ...
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... occasion would allow ; but the girl had grown to full womanhood before any distinct traces of love- making can be found in the letters . In the prosecution of her studies , Mr. Wortley , through his sister , was her frequent guide . In ...
... occasion would allow ; but the girl had grown to full womanhood before any distinct traces of love- making can be found in the letters . In the prosecution of her studies , Mr. Wortley , through his sister , was her frequent guide . In ...
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... occasions , for obtaining a direct avowal of her love for him ; but when he had succeeded he was never tired of extorting from her new confessions . At first , with a transparent gaiety , she banters him upon the common - sense side ...
... occasions , for obtaining a direct avowal of her love for him ; but when he had succeeded he was never tired of extorting from her new confessions . At first , with a transparent gaiety , she banters him upon the common - sense side ...
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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.