 I was at last forced to open my shirt, and shew them my stays ; wftich satisfied them very well ; for, I saw, they believed I was locked up in that machine, and that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my husband.  The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - עמוד 305מאת Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1849 - 214 דפים
...all so earnest in persuading me, I was at last forced to open my shirt, and show them my stays, which satisfied them very well ; for I saw they believed I was locked up in that ma* chine, and that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my... | |
 | John Leighton - 1874 - 188 דפים
...all so earnest in persuading me, I was at last forced to open my shirt and shew them my stays, which satisfied them very well, for I saw they believed...which contrivance they attributed to my husband." For nearly a century before, in such " machines " as that in which then those astonished Turkish ladies... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1876 - 416 דפים
...all so earnest in persuading me, I was at last forced to open my shirt and show them my stays, which satisfied them very well ; for I saw they believed...machine, and that it was not in my own power to open it, * Charles Jervas was a pupil of Sir Godfrey Kneller. He was the friend of Pope, and much celebrated... | |
 | Frank Boott Goodrich - 1891 - 508 דפים
...all so earnest in persuading me, I was at last forced to open my shirt and show them my stays, which satisfied them very well ; for I saw they believed...it, which contrivance they attributed to my husband. "Adieu, madam; I am sure I have now entertained you with an account of such a sight as you never saw... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1906 - 580 דפים
...stays; which satisf1ed them very well, for, I saw, they believed I was so locked up in that machine, that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my husband.—I was charmed with their civility and beauty, and should have been very glad to pass more... | |
 | Robert Eisner - 1991 - 340 דפים
...my stays, which satisfy'd 'em very well, for I saw they believ'd I was so Lock'd up in that machine that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my Husband.2 Once installed in Constantinople she often went about dressed as a Turkish woman, the better... | |
 | Lynne Thornton - 1994 - 198 דפים
...open my shirt and shew them my stays, which satisfied them very well, for I saw they believed that I was locked up in that machine, and that it was not in my power to open it, which contrivance they attributed of my husband" (1817). Jean-Léon Gérôme. The... | |
 | Srinivas Aravamudan - 1999 - 444 דפים
...my stays, which satisfy 'd 'em very well, for I saw they beleiv'd I was so lock'd up in that machine that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my Husband" (314).34 There are several contrivances in Lady Mary in the Hammam this passage other than the one... | |
 | Isobel Grundy - 1999 - 718 דפים
...my stays, which satisfy 'd 'em very well, for I saw they beleiv'd I was so lock'd up in that machine that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my Husband. Montagu, once condemned for condoning nudity, has since been condemned either for not joining in (thus... | |
 | Harriette Andreadis - 2001 - 268 דפים
...my stays, which satisfy'd 'em very well, for I saw they beleiv'd I was so lock'd up in that machine that it was not in my own power to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my Husband. 16 The salient points in this description are Montagu's observation of the loss of class distinction... | |
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