Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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Page 8
... attention ; and his son , both at school and at the University of Oxford , associated with young men of the first rank . His allowance from his father , after he left college , was splendid ; not less than a thousand a year . This , in ...
... attention ; and his son , both at school and at the University of Oxford , associated with young men of the first rank . His allowance from his father , after he left college , was splendid ; not less than a thousand a year . This , in ...
Page 16
... attention to the Doctor's costume for which Boswell gives her credit , when , after relating how he had been called into a shop by Johnson to assist in the choice of a pair of silver buckles , he adds : “ Pro- bably this alteration in ...
... attention to the Doctor's costume for which Boswell gives her credit , when , after relating how he had been called into a shop by Johnson to assist in the choice of a pair of silver buckles , he adds : “ Pro- bably this alteration in ...
Page 24
... of a " lion , " or a bear . If his conversation attracted many , it drove away many , and silenced more . He accounted for the little attention 1 paid him by the great , by saying that " 24 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... of a " lion , " or a bear . If his conversation attracted many , it drove away many , and silenced more . He accounted for the little attention 1 paid him by the great , by saying that " 24 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
Page 36
... attention having been called to some Italian verses by Baretti , he converted them into an elegant compliment to her by an improvised para- phrase : " Viva ! viva la padrona ! Tutta bella , e tutta buona , La padrona e un angiolella ...
... attention having been called to some Italian verses by Baretti , he converted them into an elegant compliment to her by an improvised para- phrase : " Viva ! viva la padrona ! Tutta bella , e tutta buona , La padrona e un angiolella ...
Page 54
... attention , and would not wish for more than can be spared from the poor dear lady ( her mother ) , yet I shall see you and hear you every now and then ; and to see and hear you , is always to hear wit , and to see virtue . " He would ...
... attention , and would not wish for more than can be spared from the poor dear lady ( her mother ) , yet I shall see you and hear you every now and then ; and to see and hear you , is always to hear wit , and to see virtue . " He would ...
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