The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... thought advisable to print Mr. Hunter's summaries as foot- notes , in their proper chronological places . Another letter printed in " South Yorkshire , " but omitted by Lady Mary's editors ; a poem from the " Gentleman's Magazine , as ...
... thought advisable to print Mr. Hunter's summaries as foot- notes , in their proper chronological places . Another letter printed in " South Yorkshire , " but omitted by Lady Mary's editors ; a poem from the " Gentleman's Magazine , as ...
Page xxix
... thought sufficient for the daughter of a nobleman in those days ; but her love of reading , and the " well furnished library " in her father's house , quickly supplied the defects of her instructor . As with most persons whose learning ...
... thought sufficient for the daughter of a nobleman in those days ; but her love of reading , and the " well furnished library " in her father's house , quickly supplied the defects of her instructor . As with most persons whose learning ...
Page xliii
... thought fittest to be communicated to her friends ; but there can be little doubt that the true explanation of the resemblance observed between the Diary and the Letters is , that the published " letters " were , in fact , merely ...
... thought fittest to be communicated to her friends ; but there can be little doubt that the true explanation of the resemblance observed between the Diary and the Letters is , that the published " letters " were , in fact , merely ...
Page xlvii
... thought of his correspondent , or to compare her to the stars , or the angels , or the goddess of beauty ; and even old age was no disqualification for a " scrib- bling treaty " for carrying on such a correspondence . The fashion was a ...
... thought of his correspondent , or to compare her to the stars , or the angels , or the goddess of beauty ; and even old age was no disqualification for a " scrib- bling treaty " for carrying on such a correspondence . The fashion was a ...
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... thought of that hour ; " but adds , " I know you will no more expect it of me to persevere till death in every sentiment or notion I now set down , than you would ima- gine a man's face should never change after his picture was once ...
... thought of that hour ; " but adds , " I know you will no more expect it of me to persevere till death in every sentiment or notion I now set down , than you would ima- gine a man's face should never change after his picture was once ...
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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.