The Letters of Lady Wortley Montagu

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... will not fail to write you regular accounts of all your acquaintance. Mr. Strickland has had a prodigy of good fortune befallen him, which, I suppose, you have heard of. My little commission is hardly worth speaking of; if you have not already laid out that small sum in St . Cloud ware, I had rather have it in plain lutestring of any color. Lady Stafford desires you would buy one suit of minunet for head and ruffles at Boileau's. LETTER VII. - I can not enough thank you, my dear sister, for the trouble you give yourself in my affairs, though I am still so unhappy to find your care very ineffectual. I have actually in my present possession a formal letter directed to Mr. W to acquaint him with the whole business. You may imagine the inevitable eternal misfortunes it would have thrown me into, had it been delivered by the person to whom it was intrusted. I wish you would make him sensible of the infamy of his proceeding, which can no way in the world turn to his advantage. Did I refuse giving up the strictest account, or had I not the clearest demonstration in my hands of the truth and sincerity with which I acted, there might be some temptation to this business; but all he can expect by informing Mr. W, is to hear him repeat the same things that I assert; he will not retrieve one farthing, and I am forever miserable. I beg no more of him than to direct any person, man or woman, either lawyer, broker, or a person of quality, to examine me; and as soon as he has sent a proper authority to discharge me on inquiry, I am ready to be examined. I think no offer can be fairer from any person whatsoever: his conduct toward ine is so infamous that I am informed I might prosecute him by law if he was here; he demanding the whole sum as a...