The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... Mr . Steele - Money of more value than a woman -Extravagance in dress - The world's indulgence to its own follies - Nuns and happiness . 50 39 52 32 53 To the same , Nov. 14 , 1710. - Disinterestedness xiv CONTENTS .
... Mr . Steele - Money of more value than a woman -Extravagance in dress - The world's indulgence to its own follies - Nuns and happiness . 50 39 52 32 53 To the same , Nov. 14 , 1710. - Disinterestedness xiv CONTENTS .
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... woman's and a lover's fears To the same , Nov. 12 , 1712. - Ill health and uneasiness of mind -Want of money To the same , Dec. 6 , 1712. — Tender friendship — Lord Hinchin- brook and Mr. Twiman - Letters of the first Earl of Sandwich ...
... woman's and a lover's fears To the same , Nov. 12 , 1712. - Ill health and uneasiness of mind -Want of money To the same , Dec. 6 , 1712. — Tender friendship — Lord Hinchin- brook and Mr. Twiman - Letters of the first Earl of Sandwich ...
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... Salmes - The only beautiful woman in Vienna a nun - Misery the Roman Catholic re- ligion occasions b PAGE 102 104 105 106 107 109 111 114 116 120 123 125 • To Mr. - Oct. 10. - Pleasure and disappointment - CONTENTS . xvii.
... Salmes - The only beautiful woman in Vienna a nun - Misery the Roman Catholic re- ligion occasions b PAGE 102 104 105 106 107 109 111 114 116 120 123 125 • To Mr. - Oct. 10. - Pleasure and disappointment - CONTENTS . xvii.
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... woman married to a Turk - The custom of adoption among the Turks , Greeks , and Armenians- Lenten diet of the Armenians - Their matrimonial ceremonies 235 To the Abbé Conti , May 19. - The Turkish court - Mistake of Gemelli concerning ...
... woman married to a Turk - The custom of adoption among the Turks , Greeks , and Armenians- Lenten diet of the Armenians - Their matrimonial ceremonies 235 To the Abbé Conti , May 19. - The Turkish court - Mistake of Gemelli concerning ...
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... woman . Her father left her his large property , in confidence that if her youngest son , Evelyn , afterwards the father of Lady Mary , should prove a dutiful son , she would settle the whole of the estates upon him . Elizabeth ...
... woman . Her father left her his large property , in confidence that if her youngest son , Evelyn , afterwards the father of Lady Mary , should prove a dutiful son , she would settle the whole of the estates upon him . Elizabeth ...
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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.