 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1805 - Liczba stron: 296
...distinctions between us and brutes. If there is any tiling in blood, you may reasonably expect yoir children should be endowed with an uncom-mon share of good sense. Mr. Wortleys family and mine have both produced sorre of the greatest men that have been born h England... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1817 - Liczba stron: 374
...numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is any thing in blood, you may reasonably expect your children should be endowed...heard lord Bute's father mentioned as an extraordinary genius, though he had not many opportunities of shewing it ; and his uncle, the present duke of Argyle,... | |
 | 1821 - Liczba stron: 346
...numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is any thing in blood, you may reasonably expect your children should be endowed with an uncommon share of good sense. Mr. Wortley*s family and mine have both produced some of the greatest men that have been born in England... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - Liczba stron: 844
...expect у от' diilrlren should be enduwcu mvVv \x\\ \mc.Qu\mou Bhare of sense. M ct у r. W bo\U + But :'* father mentioned as an extraordinary genius, though he had not many opportunities of shewing... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Liczba stron: 460
...numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is anything in blood, you may reasonably expect your children should be endowed...heard Lord Bute's father mentioned as an extraordinary genius, though he had not many opportunities of showing it ; and his uncle the present Duke of Argyllf... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Liczba stron: 386
...numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is any thing in blood, you may reasonably expect your children should be endowed...who was distinguished by the name of Wise William. (1) I have heard Lord Bute's father mentioned as an extraordinary genius^, though he had not many opportunities... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - Liczba stron: 388
...one of / ' the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is any /, „ thing in blood, you may reasonably expect your children,, should be endowed with an uncommon share of good sense. Mr. Wortley 's family and mine have both produced some of ', the greatest men that have been born in England... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - Liczba stron: 404
...numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is anything in blood, you may reasonably expect your children should be endowed...heard Lord Bute's father mentioned as an extraordinary genius, though he had not many opportunities of showing it ; and his uncle, the present Duke of Argyll,... | |
 | 1877 - Liczba stron: 564
...a moat excellent and prudent lady." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in one of her letters, says : — " Mr. Wortley's family and mine have both produced some...was distinguished by the name of ' Wise William.' " The note to that is " William Pierrepoint, second son of Robert, Earl of Kingston, died 1679, aged... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - Liczba stron: 616
...numbers is one of the chief distinctions between us and brutes. If there is any thing in blood, you may reasonably expect your children should be endowed...heard Lord Bute's father mentioned as an extraordinary genius, though he had not many opportunities of showing it ; and his uncle, the present Duke of Argyll,... | |
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... me a great deal of satisfaction by your account of your eldest daughter. I am particularly pleased to hear she is a good arithmetician... 
