The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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Page xiv
... writing 38 From Miss Anne Wortley , Aug. 1709. - Exchange of pearl for glass - Fashion - Wit and beauty wrong To Miss Anne Wortley , Aug. 8 , 1709. - Delays of the post- Study of dictionaries and grammars - Nature seldom in the From ...
... writing 38 From Miss Anne Wortley , Aug. 1709. - Exchange of pearl for glass - Fashion - Wit and beauty wrong To Miss Anne Wortley , Aug. 8 , 1709. - Delays of the post- Study of dictionaries and grammars - Nature seldom in the From ...
Page xix
... write - Travels through European Turkey - Health of the family To the Countess of Mar , April 18. - Invitation to dine with the Grand Vizier's lady - Account of the dinner - Visit to the kiyaya's lady - the fair Fatima - Turkish music ...
... write - Travels through European Turkey - Health of the family To the Countess of Mar , April 18. - Invitation to dine with the Grand Vizier's lady - Account of the dinner - Visit to the kiyaya's lady - the fair Fatima - Turkish music ...
Page xxxii
... write to her lover ; but the writer is manifestly anxious to remove by her style and remarks some preconceived notions in the mind of her correspondent . Mr. Wortley had seen her surrounded by flatterers and admirers at " the drawing ...
... write to her lover ; but the writer is manifestly anxious to remove by her style and remarks some preconceived notions in the mind of her correspondent . Mr. Wortley had seen her surrounded by flatterers and admirers at " the drawing ...
Page xli
... write . handsome . She won't forget me . L. Gn . Desire Mine will be dull . G. S. [ Grand Signor ] Sultana married to the F. [ favourite ] . Turkish verses . Women not locked up . French emb . [ ambassadress ] and me in several hms ...
... write . handsome . She won't forget me . L. Gn . Desire Mine will be dull . G. S. [ Grand Signor ] Sultana married to the F. [ favourite ] . Turkish verses . Women not locked up . French emb . [ ambassadress ] and me in several hms ...
Page xlii
... write . Descr " . Ad . [ Description of Adrianople . Serv . [ Servian ] Desart . G. S. [ Grand Signor ] hand- His d . [ daughter ] married . Verses on her . Magnificence of ladies . Not less sinners for not being Christians . Hope A. D. ...
... write . Descr " . Ad . [ Description of Adrianople . Serv . [ Servian ] Desart . G. S. [ Grand Signor ] hand- His d . [ daughter ] married . Verses on her . Magnificence of ladies . Not less sinners for not being Christians . Hope A. D. ...
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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.