“Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were raised?” KnowsDoeLawStonesIntelligentStructureRaisedAdmireMechanicSpectators Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“Our collection of men is very antique, they stand in my list thus: A man of sense, a little rusty, a beau a good deal the worse for wearing, a coxcomb extremely shattered, a pretty gentleman very insipid, a baronet very solemn, a squire very fat, a fop much affected, a barrister learned in Coke upon Littleton, but who knows nothing of `long ways for marry as will', an heir apparent, very awkward; which of these will cast a favourable eye upon me I don't know.” KnowsMenWayLittlesLongEyeDealsCastsListsFatsGentlemanCollectionsAffectedAwkwardLong WaySolemnShatteredCokeHeirsAntiquesInsipidSquiresBarristers Book:Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings: Her Correspondence from 1720 to 1761 Source: Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings: Her Correspondence from 1720 to 1761
“Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and catastrophes than a series of political events.” PeopleKnowsStoriesPoliticalEventsAdventureSeriesCatastropheTissuesEnglish History Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there is no contention or cabal, think we are in a golden age of existance.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldLittlesAgeSittingGoldenEmpiresContentionGolden AgeCabal Author:Elizabeth Montagu
