Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M-y W-y M-e [i.e. Mary Wortley Montagu], etc. [The editor's preface signed: M. A., i.e. Mary Astell.]August Mylius, 1790 - 381 páginas |
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... look upon her with an evil eye , only because the giver of all good gifts has entrusted and adorned her with the moft excellent tal- ents . Rather let us freely own the fupe- riority of this fublime genius , as I do , in the fincerity ...
... look upon her with an evil eye , only because the giver of all good gifts has entrusted and adorned her with the moft excellent tal- ents . Rather let us freely own the fupe- riority of this fublime genius , as I do , in the fincerity ...
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... look very well in a ciftern . These were my pious reflections : though I was very well fatisfied to fee , piled up to the honour of our nation , the fkulls of the eleven thoufand virgins . I have feen fome hundreds of re- licks here of ...
... look very well in a ciftern . These were my pious reflections : though I was very well fatisfied to fee , piled up to the honour of our nation , the fkulls of the eleven thoufand virgins . I have feen fome hundreds of re- licks here of ...
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... look more gay and fplen- did ; not to speak of a gallery , full of rari- ties of coral , mother of pearl , and , through- out the whole houfe , a profufion of gilding , carving , fine paintings , the most beautiful porcelain , ftatues ...
... look more gay and fplen- did ; not to speak of a gallery , full of rari- ties of coral , mother of pearl , and , through- out the whole houfe , a profufion of gilding , carving , fine paintings , the most beautiful porcelain , ftatues ...
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... look full of fweetnefs , her complexion the fineft I ever faw ; her nofe and forehead well made but her mouth has ten thousand charms , that touch the foul . When fhe fmiles , ' tis with a beauty and sweetness , that forces adoration ...
... look full of fweetnefs , her complexion the fineft I ever faw ; her nofe and forehead well made but her mouth has ten thousand charms , that touch the foul . When fhe fmiles , ' tis with a beauty and sweetness , that forces adoration ...
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... looks as if it were pilloried . The widows wear over and above , a crape forehead cloth , and in this folemn weed , go to all the public places of diverfion without fcruple . The next day I was to wait on the em- prefs Amelia , who is ...
... looks as if it were pilloried . The widows wear over and above , a crape forehead cloth , and in this folemn weed , go to all the public places of diverfion without fcruple . The next day I was to wait on the em- prefs Amelia , who is ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 156 - Every year thousands undergo this operation; and the French ambassador says pleasantly, that they take the small-pox here by way of diversion, as they take the waters in other countries. There is no example of any one that has died in it; and you may believe I am well satisfied of the safety of this experiment, since I intend to try it on my dear little son. I am patriot enough to take pains to bring this useful invention into fashion in England...
Página 216 - She gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of meat, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were of gold, and the hafts set with diamonds. But the piece of luxury...
Página 155 - ... small-pox : they make parties for this purpose, and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together) the old woman comes with a nut-shell full of the matter of the best sort of small-pox, and asks what veins you please to have opened.
Página 110 - I was at last forced to open my shirt, and shew them my stays ; which satisfied them very well ; for, I saw, they believed I was locked up in that machine, and that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my husband.
Página 155 - The smallpox, so fatal and so general amongst us, is here entirely harmless by the invention of ingrafting, which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation every autumn, in the month of September, when the great heat is abated. People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the smallpox ; they make parties for this purpose, and when they are met (commonly...
Página 169 - I could not eat of as many as the good lady would have had me, who was very earnest in serving me of every thing. The treat concluded with coffee and perfumes, which is a high mark of respect; two slaves kneeling censed my hair, clothes, and handkerchief.
Página 154 - I was made believe that our second cook had only a great cold. However, we left our doctor to take care of him, and yesterday they both arrived here in good health ; and I am now let into the secret that he has had the plague. There are many that escape it ; neither is the air ever infected.
Página 139 - The summer is already far advanced in this part of the world ; and for some miles round Adrianople the whole ground is laid out in gardens, and the banks of the rivers are...
Página 105 - I see appears to me a change of scene ; and I write to your ladyship with some content of mind, hoping at least that you will find the charm of novelty in my letters, and no longer reproach me, that I tell you nothing extraordinary. I won't trouble you with a relation of our tedious journey ; but I...
Página 173 - The workmanship of Heaven certainly excels all our weak imitations, and I think has a much better claim to our praise.