The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... Sir Robert Rich , Mr. Craggs , and the Duke of Buckingham . No date . Severe illness and recovery - Death of his father- Desire for Lady ... Lord Harcourt's- John Hewet and Sarah Drew killed by lightning - Epitaphs ... Hervey xxii CONTENTS .
... Sir Robert Rich , Mr. Craggs , and the Duke of Buckingham . No date . Severe illness and recovery - Death of his father- Desire for Lady ... Lord Harcourt's- John Hewet and Sarah Drew killed by lightning - Epitaphs ... Hervey xxii CONTENTS .
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... Hervey - Declining health - Mourning for Lady Pierrepont - Lady Loudon and ... Lord Finch - Sally Salisbury - The Count de Caylus April , 1723. - Sudden death of ... Lord Stanhope and Lord Peterborough - The Duke of Wharton CONTENTS . xxiii.
... Hervey - Declining health - Mourning for Lady Pierrepont - Lady Loudon and ... Lord Finch - Sally Salisbury - The Count de Caylus April , 1723. - Sudden death of ... Lord Stanhope and Lord Peterborough - The Duke of Wharton CONTENTS . xxiii.
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... Hervey and Lady Bristol -Ned Thompson and Belle Dunch - Flourishing state of the public resorts - Duel between Mr. Cooke and J. Staple- ton - Marriage of Bridget Noel to Lord Milsington - Re- membrance of old friends 1725. - Bad ...
... Hervey and Lady Bristol -Ned Thompson and Belle Dunch - Flourishing state of the public resorts - Duel between Mr. Cooke and J. Staple- ton - Marriage of Bridget Noel to Lord Milsington - Re- membrance of old friends 1725. - Bad ...
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... Lord Hervey , that he had not the least misunderstanding with that lady till after he was the author of his own misfortune in discontinuing her acquaintance ; and this agrees with one of Lady Mary's reported statements : " I got a ...
... Lord Hervey , that he had not the least misunderstanding with that lady till after he was the author of his own misfortune in discontinuing her acquaintance ; and this agrees with one of Lady Mary's reported statements : " I got a ...
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... Lord Hervey had pressed him to write a satire , and that his refusal had occasioned the breach , " was denied by Lady Mary , and may have been an attempt to evade a confession of the true reason ; but the result of these ac- counts ...
... Lord Hervey had pressed him to write a satire , and that his refusal had occasioned the breach , " was denied by Lady Mary , and may have been an attempt to evade a confession of the true reason ; but the result of these ac- counts ...
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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.