LETTERS Of the RIGHT HONOURABLE Lady M---y W----y M-----e : Written During Her TRAVELS in EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA, TO Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different PARTS OF EUROPE. WHICH CONTAIN Among Other CURIOUS RELATIONS, ACCOUNTS of the POLICY and MANNERS of the TURKS; Drawn from Sources that Have Been Inaccessible to Other Travellers. A NEW EDITION. IN TWO VOLUMES.T. BECKET, the Corner of the Adelphi in the Strand, 1778 |
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... Tis true , the fortifications make a confiderable difference . All the learned in the art of war , be- flow great commendations on them ; for my part , that know nothing of the matter , I shall content myself with telling you , ' tis a ...
... Tis true , the fortifications make a confiderable difference . All the learned in the art of war , be- flow great commendations on them ; for my part , that know nothing of the matter , I shall content myself with telling you , ' tis a ...
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... Tis true , when you have once travel- led through them , nothing can be more fur- prizingly magnificent than the apartments . They are commonly a fuite of eight or ten large rooms , all inlaid , the doors and windows richly carved and ...
... Tis true , when you have once travel- led through them , nothing can be more fur- prizingly magnificent than the apartments . They are commonly a fuite of eight or ten large rooms , all inlaid , the doors and windows richly carved and ...
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... Tis true as to money , ' tis feldom any advantage to the man they marry ; the laws of Auftria confine the wo- man's portion to two thousand florins ( about two hundred pounds English ) and whatever they they have befide , remains in ...
... Tis true as to money , ' tis feldom any advantage to the man they marry ; the laws of Auftria confine the wo- man's portion to two thousand florins ( about two hundred pounds English ) and whatever they they have befide , remains in ...
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... Tis true , the Emperor has fome of great value . I was yesterday to fee the repo- fitory , which they call his Treasure , where they seem to have been more diligent in ama- fing a great quantity of things , than in the choice of them ...
... Tis true , the Emperor has fome of great value . I was yesterday to fee the repo- fitory , which they call his Treasure , where they seem to have been more diligent in ama- fing a great quantity of things , than in the choice of them ...
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... Tis true , as to distance of place , I am much nearer to London than I was fome weeks ago ; but as to the thoughts of a return , I never was farther off in my life . I own , I could with great joy indulge the pleafing hopes of feeing ...
... Tis true , as to distance of place , I am much nearer to London than I was fome weeks ago ; but as to the thoughts of a return , I never was farther off in my life . I own , I could with great joy indulge the pleafing hopes of feeing ...
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