 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 240 pages
...street. Horace Walpole caricatures her personal appearance at this period (1762-3) — " I have seen her. I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are all increased. Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries ; the groundwork rags, and its embroidery nastiness.... | |
 | Walter Bagehot, Richard Holt Hutton - 1891 - 574 pages
...Horace Walpole thus describes the result : — " Lady Mary "Wortley is arrived ; I have seen her ; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are...handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, no shoes. An old black-laced hood represents the first ; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1891 - 584 pages
...and I have a notion I shall still bo glad to see you. Lady Mary Wortley is arrived; I have seen her; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity, are...handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, no shoes. An old black-laced hood represents the first; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 528 pages
...about six months before her death. " Lady Mary Wortley," he writes, " is arrived ; I have seen her ; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are...handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, no shoes. An old black-laced hood represents the first ; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 524 pages
...about six months before her death. " Lady Mary Wortley," he writes, " is arrived ; I have seen her ; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are...handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, no shoes. An old black-laced hood represents the first ; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 426 pages
...to George Montagu, on the 2d of February, 1762 : " Lady Mary Wortley is arrived ; I have seen her; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are...handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, no shoes. An old black-laced hood represents the first; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1902 - 440 pages
...her; I think her avarice, her art, and her vivacity are all increased. Her dress, like her language, is a. galimatias of several countries; the groundwork...needs no cap, no handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, and no shoes. An old black laced hood represents the first ; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1904 - 492 pages
...I have a notion I shall still be glad to see you. Lady Mary Wortley is arrived ; I have seen her ; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity, are...groundwork, rags ; and the embroidery, nastiness. She wears no cap, no handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, no shoes. An old black-laced hood represents... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1909 - 328 pages
...her ; I think her avarice, her art, and her vivacity are all increased. Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries ; the groundwork...needs no cap, no handkerchief, no gown, no petticoat, and no shoes. An old black laced hood represents the first ; the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 pages
...GRAY, THOMAS, 1761, Letter to Thomas Wharlon, Jan. 31. Lady Mary Wortley is arrived. I have seen her. I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity are all increased. Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries ; the groundwork rags, and the embroidery nastiness.... | |
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Lady Mary Wortley is arrived; I have seen her; I think her avarice, her dirt, and her vivacity, are all increased. Her dress, like her languages, is a galimatias of several countries; the ground-work rags, and the embroidery nastiness. She needs no cap,... 
