The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xxii
... Wish for Lady Mary's residence at Twicken- ham - Lord Coventry's house - Lord Bathurst - The Town Eclogues 322 Aug. 22 , 1720. - Fall in South Sea Stock 322 Sept. 15 , 1721. — Loan of an harpsichord - Musical company- Invitation to ...
... Wish for Lady Mary's residence at Twicken- ham - Lord Coventry's house - Lord Bathurst - The Town Eclogues 322 Aug. 22 , 1720. - Fall in South Sea Stock 322 Sept. 15 , 1721. — Loan of an harpsichord - Musical company- Invitation to ...
Page xxxi
... wish that you may be always what you are . ' The kind - hearted Steele was the friend and confidant of the lovers throughout their court- ship . Even the fact of his being considerably older than Lady Mary , did not , I suspect ...
... wish that you may be always what you are . ' The kind - hearted Steele was the friend and confidant of the lovers throughout their court- ship . Even the fact of his being considerably older than Lady Mary , did not , I suspect ...
Page xxxvi
... wish for retirement . The gay world in which she had moved is never mentioned in the large mass of her letters to her husband , to whom , during his absence , she wrote by every post from Walling Wells , or from her solitude at ...
... wish for retirement . The gay world in which she had moved is never mentioned in the large mass of her letters to her husband , to whom , during his absence , she wrote by every post from Walling Wells , or from her solitude at ...
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... Wish Hope he'll be pleased to hear About my money . M. SCH . [ Mademoiselle Schulemberg ] . I don't know where she is . If she has a mind to have long letters from me , always at her service . AUG . 1 , 1717 . MR . P. [ Pope ] . Copied ...
... Wish Hope he'll be pleased to hear About my money . M. SCH . [ Mademoiselle Schulemberg ] . I don't know where she is . If she has a mind to have long letters from me , always at her service . AUG . 1 , 1717 . MR . P. [ Pope ] . Copied ...
Page xliv
... wishes " health and life , " was her grandmother by her mother's side , already mentioned . She was now upwards of ninety years of age , and her granddaughter informs us that she retained to the last her vivacity and uncommon clearness ...
... wishes " health and life , " was her grandmother by her mother's side , already mentioned . She was now upwards of ninety years of age , and her granddaughter informs us that she retained to the last her vivacity and uncommon clearness ...
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