Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... Croker surmises that " Molly Aston , " not " dear Boothby , " must have been the object of this rivalry ; and the surmise is strengthened by Johnson's calling Molly the loveliest creature he ever saw ; adding ( to Mrs. Thrale ) , " My ...
... Croker surmises that " Molly Aston , " not " dear Boothby , " must have been the object of this rivalry ; and the surmise is strengthened by Johnson's calling Molly the loveliest creature he ever saw ; adding ( to Mrs. Thrale ) , " My ...
Page 39
... Croker says that at the commence- ment of the intimacy between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale , in 1765 , the lady was twenty - five years old . In other places he says that Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's ...
... Croker says that at the commence- ment of the intimacy between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale , in 1765 , the lady was twenty - five years old . In other places he says that Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth year coincided with Johnson's ...
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... Croker , in another place , assigns the year 1777 as the date of the complimentary lines which Johnson made on Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth birthday . If this date be correct Mrs. Thrale must have been born in 1742 , and could have been ...
... Croker , in another place , assigns the year 1777 as the date of the complimentary lines which Johnson made on Mrs. Thrale's thirty - fifth birthday . If this date be correct Mrs. Thrale must have been born in 1742 , and could have been ...
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... Croker , " that she was very pretty . " This was not her own opinion , nor that of her cotemporaries , although her face was attractive from animation and expression , and her personal appearance pleasing on the whole . Sometimes , when ...
... Croker , " that she was very pretty . " This was not her own opinion , nor that of her cotemporaries , although her face was attractive from animation and expression , and her personal appearance pleasing on the whole . Sometimes , when ...
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... Croker's version is : " You wish me , fair Maria , to be free , Then , fair Maria , I must fly from thee . ' Boswell also has tried his hand at it ; and a corres- * " Pray , Doctor , said a gentleman to Johnson , is Mr. Thrale a man of ...
... Croker's version is : " You wish me , fair Maria , to be free , Then , fair Maria , I must fly from thee . ' Boswell also has tried his hand at it ; and a corres- * " Pray , Doctor , said a gentleman to Johnson , is Mr. Thrale a man of ...
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