The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... women should in these matters be far above the spirit of the society in which it is their lot to live . I cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to the Earl of Harrowby , for his great liberality and kind- ness in ...
... women should in these matters be far above the spirit of the society in which it is their lot to live . I cannot omit to acknowledge the obligations I am under to the Earl of Harrowby , for his great liberality and kind- ness in ...
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... Women and slaves To the same , about Nov. 1710. - Absence and forgetfulness- The secrets of the heart - Man a ... 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 ...
... Women and slaves To the same , about Nov. 1710. - Absence and forgetfulness- The secrets of the heart - Man a ... 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 ...
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... women - Good - natured husbands - Curious custom - Affairs of the heart - Gallantry and good breeding -Religion and ... woman in Vienna a nun - Misery the Roman Catholic re- ligion occasions b PAGE 102 104 105 106 107 109 111 114 116 120 ...
... women - Good - natured husbands - Curious custom - Affairs of the heart - Gallantry and good breeding -Religion and ... woman in Vienna a nun - Misery the Roman Catholic re- ligion occasions b PAGE 102 104 105 106 107 109 111 114 116 120 ...
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... women To the same , Nov. 21. - Fatigues of travelling - Frightful precipices - Sleepy postilions - Appearance of Dresden- Difference between the Saxon and Austrian ladies - Im- prisonment of the Countess of Cozelle - Anecdote of the ...
... women To the same , Nov. 21. - Fatigues of travelling - Frightful precipices - Sleepy postilions - Appearance of Dresden- Difference between the Saxon and Austrian ladies - Im- prisonment of the Countess of Cozelle - Anecdote of the ...
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... women - Pera - The burying - grounds - Peculiarities of the Mahometan religion - Greek antiquities - The Seven Towers . · To Mr. Pope , June 17. - Heat of Constantinople - The Bel- grade village - The Black Sea - Hankering after friends ...
... women - Pera - The burying - grounds - Peculiarities of the Mahometan religion - Greek antiquities - The Seven Towers . · To Mr. Pope , June 17. - Heat of Constantinople - The Bel- grade village - The Black Sea - Hankering after friends ...
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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.