The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page 63
... shew my perfect desire of pleasing you and making you easy , than to proffer to be confined with you in what manner you please . Would any woman but me renounce all the world for one ? or would any man but you be insensible of such a ...
... shew my perfect desire of pleasing you and making you easy , than to proffer to be confined with you in what manner you please . Would any woman but me renounce all the world for one ? or would any man but you be insensible of such a ...
Page 65
... shew the improbability of his agreeing to it . I confess I am entirely of your mind . I reckon it among the absurdities of custom that a man must be obliged to settle his whole estate on an eldest son , beyond his power to recall ...
... shew the improbability of his agreeing to it . I confess I am entirely of your mind . I reckon it among the absurdities of custom that a man must be obliged to settle his whole estate on an eldest son , beyond his power to recall ...
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... shew me no goodness I shall not be sensible of . How- ever , think again , and resolve never to think of me if you have the least doubt , or that it is likely to make you uneasy in your fortune . I believe to travel is the most likely ...
... shew me no goodness I shall not be sensible of . How- ever , think again , and resolve never to think of me if you have the least doubt , or that it is likely to make you uneasy in your fortune . I believe to travel is the most likely ...
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... shew me how industrious you are to find imaginary faults in me- why will you not suffer me to be pleased with you ? I would see you if I could ( though perhaps it may be wrong ) ; but , in the way I am here , ' tis impossible . I can't ...
... shew me how industrious you are to find imaginary faults in me- why will you not suffer me to be pleased with you ? I would see you if I could ( though perhaps it may be wrong ) ; but , in the way I am here , ' tis impossible . I can't ...
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... shew , and never found myself the happier for it . In proposing to you to follow the scheme begun with that friend , I think ' tis absolutely necessary for both our sakes . I would have you want no pleasure which a single life would ...
... shew , and never found myself the happier for it . In proposing to you to follow the scheme begun with that friend , I think ' tis absolutely necessary for both our sakes . I would have you want no pleasure which a single life would ...
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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.