Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... beauty , -made himself so useful to Mr. Halsey that the weight of the business fell entirely on him ; and while Edmund was canvassing the borough and visiting the viscountess , Ralph Thrale was getting money both for himself and his ...
... beauty , -made himself so useful to Mr. Halsey that the weight of the business fell entirely on him ; and while Edmund was canvassing the borough and visiting the viscountess , Ralph Thrale was getting money both for himself and his ...
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... beauty . Her answer was , ' To please the gentlemen , to be sure ; for what other purpose could it be given me ? ( Johnsoniana . ) He once carried one , fainting from exhaustion , home on his back . 99 Boothby is at my heart still . She ...
... beauty . Her answer was , ' To please the gentlemen , to be sure ; for what other purpose could it be given me ? ( Johnsoniana . ) He once carried one , fainting from exhaustion , home on his back . 99 Boothby is at my heart still . She ...
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... beauty . " On his expressing a doubt of this , and hint- ing that Dr. Johnson was certainly an admirer of her personal charms , she replied that his devotion was at least as warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham ...
... beauty . " On his expressing a doubt of this , and hint- ing that Dr. Johnson was certainly an admirer of her personal charms , she replied that his devotion was at least as warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham ...
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... beauty . I then said that I was surprised she should so far sacrifice to fashion , as to take that trouble . Her answer was that , as I might conclude , her practice of painting did not proceed from any silly compliance with Bath ...
... beauty . I then said that I was surprised she should so far sacrifice to fashion , as to take that trouble . Her answer was that , as I might conclude , her practice of painting did not proceed from any silly compliance with Bath ...
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... beauty and a scholar , and a wit and a whig ; and she talked all in praise of liberty ; and so I made this epigram upon her . She was the loveliest creature I ever saw ! " Liber ut esse velim , suasisti , pulchra Maria , Ut maneam liber ...
... beauty and a scholar , and a wit and a whig ; and she talked all in praise of liberty ; and so I made this epigram upon her . She was the loveliest creature I ever saw ! " Liber ut esse velim , suasisti , pulchra Maria , Ut maneam liber ...
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