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A possible return to scandal-mongering should be noted. Letters from the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Everyman edition, 461. "You should have given me a key to the Invisible Spy, particularly to the catalogue of books in it. Gentleman's Magazine, XXIV, 560, December 1754. Critical Review, LXV; 236, March 1788.
We read of the gaiety and quickness of his fancy; the wild flow of his spirits; the brilliancy of his wit; the activity of his mind, eager to know the world. "No man," wrote his cousin, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "enjoyed life more than he did."
Mary Dane, with all her airy ways, had a tender heart and a soft head, and she turned to and nursed the sick man like a sister. They took such care of him at the Wortley Arms that he got well, and in three weeks was able to be up and about. "This strange gentleman gave the name of Mr. Walls; and he was young and handsome, and very rich.
'The world is not informed about Ireland, wrote the publisher, 'and I am in a condition to command the light to shine. I am sorry you have assumed the novel form. A series of letters addressed to a friend in London, taking for your model the letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, would have secured you the most extensive reading.
Gerald whispered to his sister as they went down to the drawing-room, "Would it not be fun to see what Mr. Wortley would say to Lionel and Johnny, if he had them in his class?" On Monday, Marian and Gerald began to fall into the habits of the place, and to learn the ways of their cousins, though it was many years before they could be said really to understand them.
Henry Fielding was a man borne down through life by debt, and difficulty, and bodily suffering; and yet Lady Mary Wortley Montague has said of him that, by virtue of his cheerful disposition, she was persuaded he "had known more happy moments than any person on earth." Dr. Johnson, through all his trials and sufferings and hard fights with fortune, was a courageous and cheerful-natured man.
James can take it directly." "No, no, thank you; the carriage will call at seven. Who can this Lady Julia be? But " by this time Marian had arrived at her other letter, and, with a sudden start and scream of joy, she exclaimed, "They are coming!" "Coming? Who?" asked Caroline. "Agnes and Mr. and Mrs. Wortley! O! All coming to stay with their friends in Cadogan Place.
One of its most fearful consequences would be the loss of our good opinion. He knew not what he had to dread from the enmity of Wortley. Mr. Wortley's violence was not without excuse. It was his mishap to be exposed to suspicions which could only be obviated by breaking his faith.
"I forgot," he muttered. "I forgot. Never mind. I am Wortley Foote. At least it has been my name for a time." It was my turn to be astonished. I looked at him for a moment petrified. Was this indeed the man who had brought all Europe to the verge of war, who was held responsible for the greatest international complication of the century?
Wortley gave him more than one hint, which, though be took it with perfect courtesy, never mended matters. Yet with all this, he was so agreeable, so good-natured and gentlemanlike, so pleasant a guest, and so affectionate a brother, that Mr. and Mrs. Wortley could not help liking him very much; and if they saw anything amiss, they did not pain his sister by speaking of it.
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