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" It is to be hoped that my letter will entertain you ; at least you will certainly have the freshest account of all passages on that glorious day. First you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at; but what is more, I believe in my conscience... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 159
edited by - 1837
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 2

1804 - 552 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at ; but what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...on show-days, to keep the court in countenance. I ğaw Mrs Murray there, through whose hands this epistle will be conveyed ; I do not know whether she...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First, you must knou that I led up the hall, which you'll B tare at -, but what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...conveyed ; I do not know whether she will make the same compliment to yon that I do. Mrs. West was with her, who is a great prude, having but two lovers at...
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Letters: I. During Mr. Wortley's embassy. II. To the Countess of Mar, at ...

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - 308 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at; but what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...conveyed; I do not know whether she will make the same compliment to you that I do. Mrs. AVest was with her, who is a great prude, having but two lovers at...
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The British Prose Writers: Lady M.W. Montagu's Letters from France and Italy

British prose literature - 1821 - 346 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First you must know that I led up the ball, which you will stare at; but what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...people are grown so extravagantly ugly, that we old beanties are forced to come out on show-days, to keep the court in countenance. I saw Mrs. Murray there,...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 410 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at ; but what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...the same complaint to you that I do. Mrs. West was * Henrietta, eldest daughter of J"hn Duke of Marlborough, married to Francis Earl of Godolphin, and...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 430 pages
...day. First you must know that I led up the ball, which you 'll stare at; but what is more, I belLve in my conscience I made one of the best figures there;...I saw Mrs. Murray there, through whose hands this (1) Henrietta, eldest daughter of John Dnke of Marlborough, married to Francis Earl of Godolphin, and...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 622 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First, you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at ; but what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one of the best figures there : For, to say truth, people are grown so extravagantly ugly, that we old beauties are forced to come...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review: Novels, tales, and prose works of fiction

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 754 pages
...you'll stare at: but what is more, I believe in my consience I made one of the best figures there: For, to say truth, people are grown so extravagantly ugly,...whose hands this epistle will be conveyed; I do not not know whether she will make the same compliment to you that I do. Mrs. West was with her, who is...
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Historical and literary celebrities, selected from Chambers's papers for the ...

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 630 pages
...passages on that glorious day. First, you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at ; but, what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...best figures there : to say truth, people are grown BO extravagantly ugly, that we old beauties are forced to come out on showdays, to keep the court in...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 104

England - 1868 - 792 pages
...dances can raise there. . . . First you must know that I led up the ball, which you'll stare at ; but, what is more, I believe in my conscience I made one...out on show-days to keep the court in countenance." It was the kind of life she had longed for, when it had seemed unattainable ; and so long as her children...
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