. Mrs. Montagu, 1720-1800; . ** >0 MRS MONTAGU AND HERFRIENDS. nee CjliXaiietJt ^Jvcrb-uvMyTv /n-i/i ,1 niiiuiitiirc in t/w ;JfJJ/c<?i trLfLuk:} ^ itoiita/jiit^ MRS MONTAGU 1720-1800AN ESSAY PROPOSED AS A THESIS TO THE FACULTY OF LETTERSOF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS BY R. HUCHON LECTURER IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERSOF THE UNIVERSITY OF NANCY NEW YORKE. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 1907 Printed in Great Britain. PREFACE It is well known that, between 1750 and1790, a group of remarkable women emulatedin London the example given them inParis by Mmes du Tencin, du Deffand, an
. Mrs. Montagu, 1720-1800; . ** >0 MRS MONTAGU AND HERFRIENDS. nee CjliXaiietJt ^Jvcrb-uvMyTv /n-i/i ,1 niiiuiitiirc in t/w ;JfJJ/c<?i trLfLuk:} ^ itoiita/jiit^ MRS MONTAGU 1720-1800AN ESSAY PROPOSED AS A THESIS TO THE FACULTY OF LETTERSOF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS BY R. HUCHON LECTURER IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERSOF THE UNIVERSITY OF NANCY NEW YORKE. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 1907 Printed in Great Britain. PREFACE It is well known that, between 1750 and1790, a group of remarkable women emulatedin London the example given them inParis by Mmes du Tencin, du Deffand, andGeoffrin, and instituted assemblies, whencecard-playing was excluded for the sake ofliterary conversation. Among these ladies,familiarly nicknamed * Blue Stockings, theleading spirit undoubtedly was Mrs Montagu,the subject of this Essay. It could not be maintained without greatexaggeration that, since her day, her famehas lost none of its brightness. Her con-versational powers, like the acting of a player,have vanished into air, hardly leaving anytrace
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