The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 52
Page xxxii
... sort of character which suited best with his ideal of a perfect young lady . But her sense - her wit as they then called it - alarmed him more . Such talents could paint their owner in any colour she was pleased to wear . She had once ...
... sort of character which suited best with his ideal of a perfect young lady . But her sense - her wit as they then called it - alarmed him more . Such talents could paint their owner in any colour she was pleased to wear . She had once ...
Page xxxiii
... sorted to an infinite variety of artifices , generally deemed more or less pardonable on such 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 ...
... sorted to an infinite variety of artifices , generally deemed more or less pardonable on such 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 ...
Page xxxvi
... sort of robust sincerity , not always unpleasing to the indulgent student of old manners . Lady Mary herself does not shrink from details in which no modern young lady would venture to in- terfere . The girlish admiration with which she ...
... sort of robust sincerity , not always unpleasing to the indulgent student of old manners . Lady Mary herself does not shrink from details in which no modern young lady would venture to in- terfere . The girlish admiration with which she ...
Page xxxvii
... sort of passion for me , that would have made me invisible to all but himself , had it been in his power , had sent me thither . He staid in town on account of some business , and the Queen's death detained him . " He had then no seat ...
... sort of passion for me , that would have made me invisible to all but himself , had it been in his power , had sent me thither . He staid in town on account of some business , and the Queen's death detained him . " He had then no seat ...
Page lxiii
... sort against Lady Mary . " The hatred of Horace Walpole towards Mr. Wortley and Lady Mary , which exhibits itself in the bitter and malignant spirit of all his allusions to them , had other grounds than those to which the writer of the ...
... sort against Lady Mary . " The hatred of Horace Walpole towards Mr. Wortley and Lady Mary , which exhibits itself in the bitter and malignant spirit of all his allusions to them , had other grounds than those to which the writer of the ...
Contents
xxvi | |
xxviii | |
xxxiv | |
xxxix | |
lx | |
lxxi | |
lxxviii | |
cxix | |
157 | |
183 | |
209 | |
215 | |
225 | |
235 | |
242 | |
250 | |
cxxxix | |
5 | |
22 | |
30 | |
34 | |
38 | |
44 | |
45 | |
51 | |
53 | |
67 | |
91 | |
101 | |
106 | |
128 | |
134 | |
141 | |
147 | |
153 | |
263 | |
270 | |
276 | |
285 | |
292 | |
300 | |
312 | |
320 | |
328 | |
333 | |
339 | |
345 | |
355 | |
361 | |
368 | |
378 | |
385 | |
391 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance admired Adrianople afterwards agreeable allusion appears beauty believe charms Constantinople copy correspondence Countess Countess of Bute court daughter dear doubt Duchess Duke Earl edition England English esteem fancy father favour fond friendship give hand happiness hear Hervey Hewet honour hope Horace Walpole husband imagine journey King knew Lady Bute Lady Louisa Stuart Lady Mary Pierrepont Lady Mary Wortley Lady Mary's letters live Lord Halifax Lord Hervey Lord Townshend lover Madame Madame de Sévigné manner marriage married Mary Astell mind mother never opinion passed passion person Pierrepont pleased pleasure Pope Pope's received shew Sir Robert sister Sowden supposed sure Tatler tell thing Thoresby thought told Tories town Turkish Turks Vienna Walpole's West Dean Wharncliffe Whigs wife wish woman women Wortley Montagu Wortley's write written young
Popular passages
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.