 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
 | Harriette Andreadis - 2001 - 276 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... | |
 | Saree Makdisi - 2003 - 432 דפים
...rather than Eastern. "I was at last forced to open my shirt, and shew them my stays," she writes, "which satisfied them very well; for, I saw, they believed...should have been very glad to pass more time with them."4' How it could be that she is able to "see" what the Turkish ladies "believed" and "attributed"... | |
 | Elizabeth Wilson - 2003 - 358 דפים
...'my stays, which satisfied '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.'25 The Turkish women were horrified by what they perceived as some kind of chastity belt imposed... | |
 | John Richetti - 2005 - 974 דפים
...open my skirt and shew them my stays . . . 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' (vol. i, p. 314). The conventional contrast between British liberty and Eastern despotism is here subverted... | |
 | Diane Long Hoeveler, Jeffrey Cass - 2006 - 286 דפים
...belt to which only her husband has the key: "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" (Montagu, 59-60). In addition to showing herself as the object of the gaze, and to representing the... | |
 | Bernadette Andrea - 2008
...stays, which satisfied 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.1 — Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Adrianople, April 1, 1717 As I suggested in the Introduction,... | |
 | 1763 - 804 דפים
...at hit forced to open my Ihirt, and mew them my ftays, which fatisfied them very well; for, I faw, they believed I was locked up in that machine, and...to open it, which contrivance they attributed to my hufbarid. — I was charmed with their civility and beauty, and mould have been very glad to pals more... | |
| |
