Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quote

Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their acquaintances, and you know one cannot refuse reading and taking a pinch.


The Best Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1901 edition)


Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their...

Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their...

Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their...

Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets, and offer to all their...