The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xxxi
... things in these papers which I know you pardon , and it is no small pleasure to have one's labours suffered by the ... thing to you , than to wish that you may be always what you are . ' The kind - hearted Steele was the friend and ...
... things in these papers which I know you pardon , and it is no small pleasure to have one's labours suffered by the ... thing to you , than to wish that you may be always what you are . ' The kind - hearted Steele was the friend and ...
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... thing , a female wit , " as one who had " too much wit " for him ; and particularly in his note to the Dunciad , declaring that the offensive passage which had been supposed to refer to Lady Mary , was intended to apply to all ...
... thing , a female wit , " as one who had " too much wit " for him ; and particularly in his note to the Dunciad , declaring that the offensive passage which had been supposed to refer to Lady Mary , was intended to apply to all ...
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... thing I would keep from his knowledge . I am apprehensive he should imagine some misplaced raillery or vivacity of mine has drawn on me these ridiculous persecutions . " Though Mr. Wortley twice visited the Continent during her long ...
... thing I would keep from his knowledge . I am apprehensive he should imagine some misplaced raillery or vivacity of mine has drawn on me these ridiculous persecutions . " Though Mr. Wortley twice visited the Continent during her long ...
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... thing is usually so unworthy of credit , as tales learned from re- port , or caught up in casual conversation . A circumstance care- lessly told , carelessly listened to , half comprehended , and imper- fectly remembered , has a poor ...
... thing is usually so unworthy of credit , as tales learned from re- port , or caught up in casual conversation . A circumstance care- lessly told , carelessly listened to , half comprehended , and imper- fectly remembered , has a poor ...
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... thing that passed led to the mention of Quintus Curtius , which she said she had never read . This was a fair handle for a piece of gallantry ; in a few days she received a superb edition of the author , with these lines facing the ...
... thing that passed led to the mention of Quintus Curtius , which she said she had never read . This was a fair handle for a piece of gallantry ; in a few days she received a superb edition of the author , with these lines facing the ...
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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.