The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page lxxiii
... married next week to Lady Belle Bentinck . " - Charles Ford to Swift , 22 July , 1714. Lady Frances was the last married of the three sisters . " - T . The other mem- sure , far too fine a gentleman INTRODUCTORY ANECDOTES . lxxiii xxvii.
... married next week to Lady Belle Bentinck . " - Charles Ford to Swift , 22 July , 1714. Lady Frances was the last married of the three sisters . " - T . The other mem- sure , far too fine a gentleman INTRODUCTORY ANECDOTES . lxxiii xxvii.
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... sure , far too fine a gentleman to be a tender or even a considerate parent.1 Such men , always selfish and commonly vain , begin to view their offspring as rivals the moment they are old enough to put beholders in mind that those to ...
... sure , far too fine a gentleman to be a tender or even a considerate parent.1 Such men , always selfish and commonly vain , begin to view their offspring as rivals the moment they are old enough to put beholders in mind that those to ...
Page lxxxv
... sure to attract curiosity ; and , were such details ever made public , they would neither edify the world , nor do honour to her memory . These were Lady Bute's arguments ; and what could any one who had a sense of rectitude urge in ...
... sure to attract curiosity ; and , were such details ever made public , they would neither edify the world , nor do honour to her memory . These were Lady Bute's arguments ; and what could any one who had a sense of rectitude urge in ...
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... sure to occasion surprise , if not excite transport , in a mind gifted with the least imagination . But no ; nothing could be colder or more slight than the notice she took of it , 1 Wife of Edward Viscount Hinchinbroke . He was the ...
... sure to occasion surprise , if not excite transport , in a mind gifted with the least imagination . But no ; nothing could be colder or more slight than the notice she took of it , 1 Wife of Edward Viscount Hinchinbroke . He was the ...
Page lxxxix
... sure to speed the lament onward with no favour- able comments . Lady Mary took to herself the credit of having been all this while her simple friend's protecting genius ; of having often counteracted Mrs. Walpole , and sometimes ...
... sure to speed the lament onward with no favour- able comments . Lady Mary took to herself the credit of having been all this while her simple friend's protecting genius ; of having often counteracted Mrs. Walpole , and sometimes ...
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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.