The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xxxii
... pleased to wear . She had once unfortunately told his sister that it was as easy to write kindly to a hobby - horse as to a woman , nay , or a man ; ” and in truth , when a young and beautiful lady took to discoursing of human life , of ...
... pleased to wear . She had once unfortunately told his sister that it was as easy to write kindly to a hobby - horse as to a woman , nay , or a man ; ” and in truth , when a young and beautiful lady took to discoursing of human life , of ...
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... pleased to hear About my money . M. SCH . [ Mademoiselle Schulemberg ] . I don't know where she is . If she has a mind to have long letters from me , always at her service . AUG . 1 , 1717 . MR . P. [ Pope ] . Copied at length . MR . C ...
... pleased to hear About my money . M. SCH . [ Mademoiselle Schulemberg ] . I don't know where she is . If she has a mind to have long letters from me , always at her service . AUG . 1 , 1717 . MR . P. [ Pope ] . Copied at length . MR . C ...
Page lxxiv
... pleased her better than either , heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side . Pleasure , she said , was too poor a word to express her sensations ; they amounted to ecstasy : never again , throughout her whole future life ...
... pleased her better than either , heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side . Pleasure , she said , was too poor a word to express her sensations ; they amounted to ecstasy : never again , throughout her whole future life ...
Page lxxxiv
... pleased to lose . 2 All Soon after her marriage she resumed the practice of writing a journal , and persisted in it as long as she lived ; communicating what she wrote to no person whatever . The diary of course became voluminous . Lady ...
... pleased to lose . 2 All Soon after her marriage she resumed the practice of writing a journal , and persisted in it as long as she lived ; communicating what she wrote to no person whatever . The diary of course became voluminous . Lady ...
Page xciv
... pleased , Mr. Wortley had no more per- sonal intercourse with him than the rest . Lady Mary presently attracted his notice , and likewise that of the Prince of Wales ( George the Second ) . By her journal , indeed , it might have been ...
... pleased , Mr. Wortley had no more per- sonal intercourse with him than the rest . Lady Mary presently attracted his notice , and likewise that of the Prince of Wales ( George the Second ) . By her journal , indeed , it might have been ...
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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.