The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 207A. Constable, 1808 |
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... Mary Astell had published her ' Serious Proposal to Ladies ' in 1694 , and probably Lady Mary had read the scheme which suggested the erection of a monastery or religious retirement , not only to be a retreat from the world , but ...
... Mary Astell had published her ' Serious Proposal to Ladies ' in 1694 , and probably Lady Mary had read the scheme which suggested the erection of a monastery or religious retirement , not only to be a retreat from the world , but ...
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... Mary's village retreat . On her return from Turkey she had introduced the habit of engrafting for the small - pox , ' an act by which to - day she is chiefly remembered . She met with great opposition from doctors , who foretold failure ...
... Mary's village retreat . On her return from Turkey she had introduced the habit of engrafting for the small - pox , ' an act by which to - day she is chiefly remembered . She met with great opposition from doctors , who foretold failure ...
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... Mary as Worldly , ' and Mr. Montagu as ' Avidien ' and Shylock . ' In the ' Essay on Man , ' the couplet , 6 ( Is yellow dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus , or on Gripus's wife , ' plainly pointed to the Montagus ...
... Mary as Worldly , ' and Mr. Montagu as ' Avidien ' and Shylock . ' In the ' Essay on Man , ' the couplet , 6 ( Is yellow dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus , or on Gripus's wife , ' plainly pointed to the Montagus ...
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