The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xxii
... True nature and simplicity of manners - Accident at Lord Harcourt's- John Hewet and Sarah Drew killed by lightning - Epitaphs written on the occasion No date . Joy at Lady Mary's return - Description of an old country - house No date ...
... True nature and simplicity of manners - Accident at Lord Harcourt's- John Hewet and Sarah Drew killed by lightning - Epitaphs written on the occasion No date . Joy at Lady Mary's return - Description of an old country - house No date ...
Page xxxi
... true charms of eloquence and poesy . " The writer then adds , " May you enjoy a long continuance of the true relish of the happiness Heaven has bestowed upon you . I know not how to say a more affectionate thing to you , than to wish ...
... true charms of eloquence and poesy . " The writer then adds , " May you enjoy a long continuance of the true relish of the happiness Heaven has bestowed upon you . I know not how to say a more affectionate thing to you , than to wish ...
Page xxxii
... true patriots and honest men . Of his personal appearance the reader may judge from the engraving of the only portrait known to exist , which accompanies this edition . Miss Anne Wortley died about the end of the year 1709 , and soon ...
... true patriots and honest men . Of his personal appearance the reader may judge from the engraving of the only portrait known to exist , which accompanies this edition . Miss Anne Wortley died about the end of the year 1709 , and soon ...
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... true explanation of the resemblance observed between the Diary and the Letters is , that the published " letters " were , in fact , merely portions of her Diary , to which , by a fiction in literary art , she thought fit to give the ...
... true explanation of the resemblance observed between the Diary and the Letters is , that the published " letters " were , in fact , merely portions of her Diary , to which , by a fiction in literary art , she thought fit to give the ...
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... true spirit of the epistles of " love and gallantry " with which the " wits " of that age were accustomed to entertain their lady correspondents . It is hard to conceive the degree of passionate declaration , extravagant com- pliment ...
... true spirit of the epistles of " love and gallantry " with which the " wits " of that age were accustomed to entertain their lady correspondents . It is hard to conceive the degree of passionate declaration , extravagant com- pliment ...
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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
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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.