Elizabeth Montagu

Writer

1718-10-02

Books by Elizabeth Montagu

The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu
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Letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu
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Letters Of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu With Some Of The Letters Of Her Correspondents V1
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Quotes by Elizabeth Montagu

She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it.
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Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.
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