Excerpt from Chronicles of Fashion, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume, EtcStar or fashion - lady mary wortley montagu. - NO Belle of the last Century of such high Celebrity - H er Character not engaging Her Temper not affectionate - Instances of premature Re¿ectiveness Her Position a peculiar one - Her superlative Talents - Her want of suitable Companionship - Its In¿uence on her Character - Her Father introduces her at the Kitcat Club - Her Pursuits at Nineteen - and Opinions - The unhappy Distrust of her Nature - Her Marriage Her First Letter to her Husband - She attends Court - Is in much Favour - An Anecdote of her there - Mr. Wortley appointed Ambassa dor to the Fortes - She accompanies him - Her Letters - Retmn - Re~ sides at Twickenham Her Intimacy with Pope His eulogistic Lines on her - Their Quarrel - Stinging Abuse of each other - Her answer to his Satire - Lowered herself by it Star of Fashion, John Lord Hervey. The Coldness of her Heart - She leaves England - H. Walpole's Description of her in 1740 - Slovenly in her Person - H. Walpole's Description of her in l762. - Another. - Her Life abroad in l753 - Her Letters at this time - Return to England - Death - Her Children - Her Introduction of Inoculation. Page 133.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.