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 17
עמוד 13
... tion , that whenever a woman leaves off bring- ing forth children , ' tis because she is too old for that business , whatever her face says to the contrary . This opinion makes the ladies here fo ready to make proofs of their youth ...
... tion , that whenever a woman leaves off bring- ing forth children , ' tis because she is too old for that business , whatever her face says to the contrary . This opinion makes the ladies here fo ready to make proofs of their youth ...
עמוד 64
... Now I have mentioned the Armenians , perhaps it will be agreeable to tell you fomething of that na- tion , with which I am fure you are utterly un- acquainted . acquainted . I will not trouble you with the geographical ( 64 )
... Now I have mentioned the Armenians , perhaps it will be agreeable to tell you fomething of that na- tion , with which I am fure you are utterly un- acquainted . acquainted . I will not trouble you with the geographical ( 64 )
עמוד 77
... tion being wholly employed by the tragic story that you are well acquainted with : " The fwimming Lover and the nightly Bride , " How HERO lev'd , and how LEANDER died . Verse again ! I am certainly infected by the poetical air I have ...
... tion being wholly employed by the tragic story that you are well acquainted with : " The fwimming Lover and the nightly Bride , " How HERO lev'd , and how LEANDER died . Verse again ! I am certainly infected by the poetical air I have ...
עמוד 99
... le temps ; and it has fucceeded fo well , that fince the inftitu- tion of Cizifbei , there has been nothing but peace and good humour amongst them . H 2 These are are gentlemen who devote themselves to the service of a ( 99 )
... le temps ; and it has fucceeded fo well , that fince the inftitu- tion of Cizifbei , there has been nothing but peace and good humour amongst them . H 2 These are are gentlemen who devote themselves to the service of a ( 99 )
עמוד 102
... tion laft as my particular favourites . I own , I can find no pleasure in objects of horror ; and in my opinion , the more naturally a crucifix is represented , the more disagreeable it is . These my beloved painters fhew nature , and ...
... tion laft as my particular favourites . I own , I can find no pleasure in objects of horror ; and in my opinion , the more naturally a crucifix is represented , the more disagreeable it is . These my beloved painters fhew nature , and ...
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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...