[5] Letter to Dr. Jurin by Isaac Massey. London, 1723.
[6] An Historical Account of the Smallpox inoculated in New England upon all sorts of persons, Whites, Blacks, and of all Ages and Constitutions. By Zabdiel Boylston. London, 1726.
[7] An Historical Account, p. 39.
[8] Ibid. p. 38.
[9] Ibid. p. 46.
[10] An Historical Account, p. 1.
[CHAPTER II.]
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU.
“As for History,” said the Duke of Marlborough, “I know that it is false;” and whoever has occasion to enter minutely into any historical question will be apt to concur with the Duke. Happening to refer to Walter Bagehot’s essay on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, I found this passage—