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" ... no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. "
The British Magazine, Or, Monthly Repository for Gentlemen & Ladies - Page 289
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 430 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 466 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with...
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, the Text ..., Volume 4

Adam Clarke - Bible - 1837 - 882 pages
...an account of a visit which she made to the Kahya's lady at Adrianople, says, " She ordered cushions U̝ NO f n ( H4 # | | *x < 7 sC q w ۉ uPw 4 wm .k v — Letter xxxiii. The reason of this seems to be, that the person so placed is distinguished, and...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 1

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Authors, English - 1837 - 410 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court breeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honor. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so...
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The Primitive Methodist Magazine, Volume 8

1838 - 500 pages
...carpets, sat the kahya'slady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour." xiii. 19.—Pieces of bread.] At Algiers they have public bakehouses for the people in common, so that...
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Poems: Now First Collected

Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no courtbreeding could ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady had before given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck \iith...
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Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an ...

Samuel Burder - 1839 - 516 pages
...carpets, sat the kahya's lady, leaning on cushions of white satin embroidered. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour." USE OF THEATRES IN EASTERN COUNTRIES. ACTS xix. 29. The theatre.] Among the Greeks the theatres, served...
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Chambers's papers for the people, Parts 13-18

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pages
...heart with a sweetness full of majesty, that no court-breeding conld ever give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess, though the Greek lady before had given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with...
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The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers in the Principal ...

Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 740 pages
...her heart with a sweetness full of majesty that no court breeding could give. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honor. I confess I was so struck with admiration, that I could not for some time speak to her, being...
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Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 3

1855 - 488 pages
...their fashion, putting her hand to her heart with a sweetness full of majesty. She ordered cushions to be given me, and took care to place me in the corner, which is the place of honour. I confess though the Greek lady had given me a great opinion of her beauty, I was so struck with admiration...
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