Preface to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s letters (1724) [ People / Practices ]
… and when I had it in my hands, how was it possible to part with it? I once had the vanity to hope I might acquaint the public, that it owed this invaluable treasure to my importunities. But, alas! the most ingenious author has condemned it … crew, which, I hope, are very falsely said to attend the Tea-table , being more apt to think, they frequent those public places, where virtuous women never come. Let the men malign one another, if they think fit, and strive to pull …
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