 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 էջ
...WORTLEY MONTAGU *. When I was very young I was a vast admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts...library, and so got that language whilst every body else thought I *Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, whose maiden name was Pierrepoint, was the oldest daughter... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 616 էջ
...' When I was young (says Lady Mary) I was agreat admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts...communicated my design, and he encouraged me in it. I studied five or six hours a day, for two years, in my "father's library, and so got that language,... | |
 | 1820 - 632 էջ
...Mary) I was a great admireF of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that -e-. me upon the thoughts of stealing the Latin language....communicated my design, and he encouraged me in it. 1 studied five or six hours a day, for two years, in my father's library, and so got that language,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 628 էջ
...' When I was young (says Lady Mary) I was a great admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts...Wortley was the only person to whom I communicated my desisn, and he encouraged me in it. I studied five or six hours a day, for two years, in my father's... | |
 | 1820 - 474 էջ
...Lady Mary says: " When 1 was young, I was a great admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts of stealing the Latin Ian334 SKNTIMENTAL TRAVELS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCK. guage. Mr. Wortley was the only person to whom I... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 էջ
...admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thought of stealing the Latin language. Mr. Wortley was the...father's library, and so got that language whilst everybody thought I was reading nothing but novels and romances." According to her biographer, Dallaway,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 470 էջ
...admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thought of stealing the- Latin language. Mr. Wortley was the...father's library, and so got that language whilst everybody thought I was reading nothing but novels and romances.'' According to her biographer, Dallaway,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 476 էջ
...was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thought of stealing the Latin language. Mr. Wbrtley was the only person to whom I communicated my design...father's library, and so got that language whilst everybody thought I was reading nothing but novels and romances. 1 ' According to her biographer, Dallaway,... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 էջ
...II. WORTLET MOKTAGTT. When I was young I was a vast admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts...encouraged me in it. I used to study five or six hours a-day for two years in my father's library, and so got that language, whilst everybody thought I was... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1858 - 468 էջ
...worthy one. — Lady M. When I was young I was a great admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts...design, and he encouraged me in it. I used to study * What her biographer, Mr. Dallaway, says, seems to contradict this, and yet Mr. Spence could not surely... | |
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I was a great admirer of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and that was one of the chief reasons that set me upon the thoughts of stealing the Latin language. Mr. Wortley was the only person to whom I communicated my design, and he encouraged me in it. I used to... 
