Mrs. Montagu, 1720-1800: An Essay Proposed as a Thesis to the Faculty of Letters of the University of ParisFb&c Limited, 16/06/2015 - 319 من الصفحات Excerpt from Mrs. Montagu, 1720-1800: An Essay Proposed as a Thesis to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris It is well known that, between 1750 and 1790, a group of remarkable women emulated in London the example given them in Paris by Mmes du Tencin, du Deffand, and Geoffrin, and instituted assemblies, whence card-playing was excluded for the sake of literary conversation. Among these ladies, familiarly nicknamed "Blue Stockings," the leading spirit undoubtedly was Mrs Montagu, the subject of this Essay. It could not be maintained without great exaggeration that, since her day, her fame has lost none of its brightness. Her conversational powers, like the acting of a player, have vanished into air, hardly leaving any trace behind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |