Preface to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s letters (1724) [ People / Practices ]
… 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 down merit, when they cannot … of the customs and manners of the several nations with whom this lady conversed, than he can in any other author." … Women … Travel … Curiosity … Text taken from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M_y W_y …
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