Britain : thus every woman endeavours to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear, and at the same time incapacitating her for that retirement, to which she is destined. Learning, if she has a real taste... The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Page 149by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
| British prose literature - 1821 - 346 pages
...inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistos are laid open over barren heaths, and apart. incuts contrived for a coolness very agreeable in Italy,...Britain : thus every woman endeavours to breed her danghter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear, and at the same... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...many edifices raised that the raisers can never inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistas are laid open over barren heaths, and apartments contrived...killing in the north of Britain: thus every woman endeavors to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...many edifices raised that the raisers can never inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistas are laid open over barren heaths, and apartments contrived...killing in the north of Britain : thus every woman endeavors to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...many edifices raised that the raisers can never inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistas are laid open over barren heaths, and apartments contrived...killing in the north of Britain: thus every woman endeavors to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...many edifices raised that the raisers can never inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistas are laid open over barren heaths, and apartments contrived...killing in the north of Britain: thus every woman endeavors to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear,... | |
| English authors - 1876 - 504 pages
...hints. — Letters during the Embassy to Constantinople. 4. Advice on the Education of a Grandchild. IT is the common error of builders and parents to...Italy, but killing in the north of Britain : thus every waman endeavours to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1876 - 416 pages
...many edifices raised that the raisers can never inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistas are laid open over barren heaths, and apartments contrived...killing in the north of Britain : thus every woman endeavors to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear,... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...many edifices raised, that the raisers can never inhabit, being too large for their fortunes. Vistus are laid open over barren heaths, and apartments contrived...Britain ; thus every woman endeavours to breed her danghter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she will never appear, and at the same... | |
| Alexander Ireland - Books and reading - 1883 - 320 pages
...entertainment, which is almost the only one pleasing in the enjoyment, and inoffensive in the consequence. Every woman endeavours to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which she never will appear : and at the same time incapacitating her for that retirement, to which she is destined.... | |
| Book-lover - 1883 - 336 pages
...entertainment, which is almost the only one pleasing in the enjoyment, and inoffensive in the consequence. . . . Every woman endeavours to breed her daughter a fine lady, qualifying her for a station in which ahe never will appear : and at the same time incapacitating her for that retirement, to which she is... | |
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