 ... drinking-glass. The company consisting of some of the most eminent men in England, she went from the lap of one poet, or patriot, or statesman, to the arms of another, was feasted with sweetmeats, overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already...  The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Page viiiby Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1876 - 407 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 512 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...again be so fully gratified : there is always some allaying ingredient in the cup, some drawback upon the triumphs of grown people. Her father carried... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 430 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...again be so fully gratified : there is always some allaying ingredient in the cup, some drawback upon the triumphs of grown people. Her father carried... | |
 | Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 524 pages
...than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said, was toopoor a word to express her sensations ; they amounted to...again be so fully gratified : there is always some allaying ingredient in the cup, some drawback upon the triumphs of grown people. Her father carried... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 556 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...amounted to ecstasy : never again, throughout her whole fjiture life, did she pass so happy a day. Nor indeed could she ; for the love of admiration, which... | |
 | Books - 1837 - 654 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...word to express her sensations ; they amounted to ecstacy : never again, throughout her whole future life, did she pass so happy a day. Nor, indeed,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...word to express her sensations ; they amounted to ecstacy : never again, throughout her whole future life, did she pass so happy a day.1'* Another disadvantage... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 470 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...a word to express her sensations; they amounted to ecstacy : never again, throughout her whole future life, did she pass so happy a day."* Another disadvantage... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1846 - 476 pages
...side. Pleasure, she said, was too poor a word to express her sensations; they amounted to ecstacy : never again, throughout her whole future life, did she pass so happy a day.11* Another disadvantage (arising from her father being a widower) which Lady Mary had to encounter... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1847 - 376 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...a word to express her sensations: they amounted to ecstacy. Never again, throughout her whole future life, did she pass so happy a day. Nor indeed could... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1850 - 502 pages
...overwhelmed with caresses, and, what perhaps already pleased her better than either, heard her wit and beauty loudly extolled on every side. Pleasure, she said,...a word to express her sensations, they amounted to ecstacy : never again, throughout her whole future life, did she pass so happy a day."* At a public-house... | |
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