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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Part 2

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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I'm Sorry That This Relationship Went South

I'm sorry that this relationship went south, but it looks really familiar these days. Alexander pope ye at home, her son continued to disappoint his parents. They did encounter each other a couple of times on the street. He tried to charm his mother into helping, but she's kind of powerless. There's eyes everywhere. And so never the twain shall meet politically either. So it may have been a kiss. It certainly was all of this nonsense in the public press. But then there were also people who described her like this. She was renowned for her wit, beauty and politeness. That does not sound ike the monster full of filth and lust that pope was painting her

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