The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1G. Bell, 1887 - 953 pages |
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... happiness - Apprehensions of a rival - Learning of languages To Miss Anne Wortley , Sept. 5 , 1709. - Heretic and Christian -Tenderness and esteem 44 46 47 49 CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR . WORTLEY MONTAGU . To Mr. Wortley Montagu , March 28 ...
... happiness - Apprehensions of a rival - Learning of languages To Miss Anne Wortley , Sept. 5 , 1709. - Heretic and Christian -Tenderness and esteem 44 46 47 49 CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR . WORTLEY MONTAGU . To Mr. Wortley Montagu , March 28 ...
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... Happiness in privacy To the same , August , 1712. - Partiality of a relation - Proffers of assistance . To the same , August , 1712. - Writing in a passion - Lady Mary's fortune - Four hundred pounds spent in wedding clothes- Submission ...
... Happiness in privacy To the same , August , 1712. - Partiality of a relation - Proffers of assistance . To the same , August , 1712. - Writing in a passion - Lady Mary's fortune - Four hundred pounds spent in wedding clothes- Submission ...
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... happiness Heaven has bestowed upon you . I know not how to say a more affectionate thing to you , than to wish that you may be always what you are . ' The kind - hearted Steele was the friend and confidant of the lovers throughout their ...
... happiness Heaven has bestowed upon you . I know not how to say a more affectionate thing to you , than to wish that you may be always what you are . ' The kind - hearted Steele was the friend and confidant of the lovers throughout their ...
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... happier seats it flies , And only dwells where W. [ Wortley ] casts her eyes . " ן כי But his epistolatory fervour had already abated . The latest letter found is dated 15th September , 1721 ; and this contains a rather awkward excuse ...
... happier seats it flies , And only dwells where W. [ Wortley ] casts her eyes . " ן כי But his epistolatory fervour had already abated . The latest letter found is dated 15th September , 1721 ; and this contains a rather awkward excuse ...
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... happiness of his short life , by marrying him to a silly , childish girl , for the sake of securing her fortune , before he could judge for himself or make a choice of his own.2 In him she appeared to think she had lost her best , if ...
... happiness of his short life , by marrying him to a silly , childish girl , for the sake of securing her fortune , before he could judge for himself or make a choice of his own.2 In him she appeared to think she had lost her best , if ...
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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.