| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 366 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex ; and my only consolation for being of that gender, has been the assurance it gave me of never...match, she renounces the care of her children ; and I am laughed at by all my acquaintance for my faith in her honour and understanding. My only refuge... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 396 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex; anil my only consolation for being of that gender, has been the assurance it gave me of never...heartily ashamed of my petticoats before. You know, 1 suppose, that by this discreet match, she renounces the care of her children ; and I am laughed at... | |
| lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1825 - 352 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex ; and my only consolation for being of that gender, has been the assurance it gave me of never being married to any one among tLem ; but I own, at present, I am so much out of humour with the actions of Lady II * * *, that I... | |
| James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex; and my only consolation for being of that gender, has been the assurance it gave me of never being married to any One among them." Latin, and French languages under the same preceptors as Viscount Newark, her brother: but preceptors... | |
| James Augustus St. John - Explorers - 1832 - 446 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex ; and my only consolation for being of that gender has been the assurance it gave me of never being married to any one among them." Her friendship with Mrs. Wortley paved the way to an acquaintance with that lady's son, which, after... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 466 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex, and my only consolation for being of that gender has been the assurance it gave me of never...am so much out of humour with the actions of Lady Holdernesse that I never was so heartily ashamed of my petticoats before. You know, I suppose, that... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 410 pages
...had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex, and my only consolation for being of that gender has been the assurance it gave me of never...among them. But I own at present I am so much out of humor with the actions of Lady Holdernesse that I never was so heartily ashamed of my petticoats before.... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 446 pages
...one among them. But I own at present I am so much out of humour with the actions of Lady Holdernesse that I never was so heartily ashamed of my petticoats...match she renounces the care of her children, and I am laughed at by all my acquaintance for my faith in her honour and understanding. My only refuge... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 446 pages
...one among them. But I own at present I am so much out of humour with the actions of Lady Holdernesse that I never was so heartily ashamed of my petticoats...match she renounces the care of her children, and I am laughed at by all my acquaintance for my faith in her honour and understanding. My only refuge... | |
| Child rearing - 1842 - 352 pages
..."had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex ; and my only consolation for being of that gender has been the assurance it gave me of never being married to any one among them." Her friendship with Mrs. Wortley paved the way to an acquaintance with that lady's son, which, after... | |
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