The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... passing allusion . She was the daughter of Sir John Evelyn , of West Dean , in Wiltshire , a branch of the family rendered illustrious by including the author of " Sylva . " Evelyn has , indeed , an allusion to her in his " Diary ...
... passing allusion . She was the daughter of Sir John Evelyn , of West Dean , in Wiltshire , a branch of the family rendered illustrious by including the author of " Sylva . " Evelyn has , indeed , an allusion to her in his " Diary ...
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... passed between them have been preserved , and are among the published letters . Miss Anne Wortley's letters were , however , generally composed by her brother , and the drafts of them are still existing . This fact could not have been ...
... passed between them have been preserved , and are among the published letters . Miss Anne Wortley's letters were , however , generally composed by her brother , and the drafts of them are still existing . This fact could not have been ...
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... passed the gay season , after the solitudes of Thoresby and West Dean . Still more various were the stratagems for meeting and whisper- ing unobserved at the Opera , or at a morning visit at Corticelli the singer's house , or a chance ...
... passed the gay season , after the solitudes of Thoresby and West Dean . Still more various were the stratagems for meeting and whisper- ing unobserved at the Opera , or at a morning visit at Corticelli the singer's house , or a chance ...
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... passed since the G. E. [ Greek Emperors ] . Like to be overturned in the Hebrus . Companion to Orpheus . Romantic situation . The fashion . T. [ Turkish ] women have intrigues . Write to Mr. C. [ Congreve ] very oft . MRS . SH . [ Smith ] ...
... passed since the G. E. [ Greek Emperors ] . Like to be overturned in the Hebrus . Companion to Orpheus . Romantic situation . The fashion . T. [ Turkish ] women have intrigues . Write to Mr. C. [ Congreve ] very oft . MRS . SH . [ Smith ] ...
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... passed in a patient and industrious course of self - culture , which was rare , indeed , in that age of female frivolity and ignorance . Notwithstanding the temptations of remarkable beauty , her inclination appears at all times to have ...
... passed in a patient and industrious course of self - culture , which was rare , indeed , in that age of female frivolity and ignorance . Notwithstanding the temptations of remarkable beauty , her inclination appears at all times to have ...
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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.