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 ...T. Cadell, 1784 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 36
עמוד 19
... must own , that it is not half so mortifying here as in England ; there being as much diffe- rence , as there is between a little cold in the head , which fometimes happens here , and the confumption coughs fo common in London.- No ...
... must own , that it is not half so mortifying here as in England ; there being as much diffe- rence , as there is between a little cold in the head , which fometimes happens here , and the confumption coughs fo common in London.- No ...
עמוד 22
... must not fuppofe that I mean as large as thofe of my Lord , but about the bigness of a pea ; and to thefe buttons , large loops of diamonds , in the form of thofe gold loops , fo common common on birth - day coats . This habit was ( 22 )
... must not fuppofe that I mean as large as thofe of my Lord , but about the bigness of a pea ; and to thefe buttons , large loops of diamonds , in the form of thofe gold loops , fo common common on birth - day coats . This habit was ( 22 )
עמוד 24
... must be worth a hundred thousand pounds sterling . This I am fure of , that no European Queen has half the quantity , and the Emprefs's jewels , though very fine , would look very mean near hers . She gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of ...
... must be worth a hundred thousand pounds sterling . This I am fure of , that no European Queen has half the quantity , and the Emprefs's jewels , though very fine , would look very mean near hers . She gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of ...
עמוד 35
... must tell you , that it is not fo eafy as perhaps you think it ; and that , if my curiofity had not been more diligent than any other stranger's has evef yet been , I muft have answered you with an excufe , as I was forced to do , when ...
... must tell you , that it is not fo eafy as perhaps you think it ; and that , if my curiofity had not been more diligent than any other stranger's has evef yet been , I muft have answered you with an excufe , as I was forced to do , when ...
עמוד 38
... am forced to ftudy for expref- fions , and must leave off all other languages , and try to learn my mother tongue . - Human understanding is as much limited as human power , power , or human ftrength . The memory can retain ( 38 )
... am forced to ftudy for expref- fions , and must leave off all other languages , and try to learn my mother tongue . - Human understanding is as much limited as human power , power , or human ftrength . The memory can retain ( 38 )
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affured agreeable almoſt anſwer aſk Baffa Bagnio beauty becauſe boaſt breaſt charms Chriftians Conftantinople curiofity daugh dear defigned defire drefs eaſy efteem Engliſh eyes fafe faid falfe fame faſhion fecret feem feen ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fide figh filk fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmile fofa fome foul friendſhip ftill ftone fubject fuch fuppofe fure give greateſt Greek happineſs heart herſelf honour houfe houſe huſband ladies laft laſt leaſt lefs letter live loft lover marble Mary Wortley Montague miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never nymph obferve paffed paffion Paul Rycaut pleaſed pleaſure praiſe preſent purſue reaſon reft Sarah Drew ſay ſee ſeem ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe SILLIANDER SMILINDA ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtay ſtill taſte tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion Turkiſh Turks underſtanding uſe vifit whofe whoſe wiſh
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 25 - ... close joined together, of the most lively green, perfectly matched, every one as large as a half-crown piece, and as thick as three crown pieces ; and another of small emeralds, perfectly round. But her earrings eclipsed all the rest. They were two diamonds, shaped exactly like pears, as large as a big hazel-nut.
עמוד 26 - European queen has half the quantity ; and the empress's jewels, though very fine, would look very mean near hers. 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.
עמוד 263 - No pedant, yet learned ; no rake-helly gay, Or laughing, because he has nothing to say ; To all my whole sex obliging and free, Yet never be fond of any but me ; In public preserve the decorum that's just, And shew in his eyes he is true to his trust.
עמוד 77 - I don't expect from you the insipid railleries I should suffer from another in answer to this letter. You know how to divide the idea of pleasure from that of vice, and they are only mingled in the heads of fools. But I allow you to laugh at me for the sensual declaration in saying, that I had rather be a rich effendi, with all his ignorance, than sir Isaac Newton with all his knowledge.
עמוד 263 - But I hate to be cheated, and never will buy Long years of repentance for moments of joy. Oh ! was there a man (but where shall I find...
עמוד 76 - They consume it in music, gardens, wine, and delicate eating, while we are tormenting our brains with some scheme of politics, or studying some science to which we can never attain, or, if we do, cannot persuade other people to set that value upon it we do ourselves.
עמוד 172 - French manners and characters, though this I believe would require but little study, as there is no great depth in either. It appears, on a superficial...
עמוד 260 - tis by far the wifer courfe, Superior art mould meet fuperior force : Hear, but be faithful to your intereft ftill : Secure your hearts — then fool with whom you will.
עמוד 233 - And orerfeen the card he would have play'd. * The bold and haughty by fuccefs made vain, Aw'd by my eyes, have trembled to complain : The bafhful 'Squire touch'd by A.
עמוד 25 - English ribbon, entirely covered with diamonds. Round her neck she wore three chains, which reached to her knees: one of large pearl, at the bottom of which hung a fine coloured emerald, as big as a...