 I know that post was almost offered to him before. At that time he declined it; and I really believe that he would have done well to have declined it now. Such a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for...  The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - עמוד 111מאת Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 256 דפים
...such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both." It is probable that the marriage did not prove a happy one, but if so Addison did not have to suffer long.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 דפים
...such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both." — LADY WORTLEY MONTAGE to POPE : Works, Lord Whar«cbjfe's edit., vol. ii. p. 111. The issue of this... | |
 | Edward John Hardy - 1897 - 376 דפים
...such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic ; and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both." If Addison had been happier in his home he might not have acquired the habit of staying late at taverns... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 410 דפים
...the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see _ the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both."— 35 LADY WORTLEY MONTAGU to POPE: Works, Lord Wharneliffe's edit., vol. H. p. 1n. The issue of this... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 418 דפים
...such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both." — LADY WOBTLEY MONTAGU to POPE l Works, Lord Wharncliffe's edit., vol. ii. p. 111. The issue of this... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 572 דפים
...such a wife as the countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad...this letter will come safe and unopened to hand. I long much to tread upon English ground, that I may see you and Mr. Congreve, who render that ground... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 דפים
...such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both." — LADY WORTLEY MONTAGU TO POPE. Works, Lord Wharndiffe's edit., vol. ii. p. 111. The issue of this... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1879 - 590 דפים
...such a wife as the countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both." Of all the dead men we know, the vanished, but not forgotten, heroes of the past, Addison seems to... | |
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