Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... fellow , and , like his uncle , eminent for personal 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 ...
... fellow , and , like his uncle , eminent for personal 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 ...
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... fellow - passengers , observed his loss of equanimity with wonder . Two of Mrs. Thrale's marginal notes on Boswell refer to her illustrious friend's mode of eating . On his re- ported remark , that " a dog will take a small bit of meat ...
... fellow - passengers , observed his loss of equanimity with wonder . Two of Mrs. Thrale's marginal notes on Boswell refer to her illustrious friend's mode of eating . On his re- ported remark , that " a dog will take a small bit of meat ...
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... fellow like me has no compassion to spare for wounds given only to vanity or softness . " He said it was enough to make a plain man sick to hear pity lavished on a family reduced by losses to exchange a fine house for a snug cottage ...
... fellow like me has no compassion to spare for wounds given only to vanity or softness . " He said it was enough to make a plain man sick to hear pity lavished on a family reduced by losses to exchange a fine house for a snug cottage ...
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... fellow , but I have a good regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . " Mr. Thrale . drest ? But how do you get your dinners " Dr. J. - Why De Mullin has the chief management of the kitchen ; but our roasting ...
... fellow , but I have a good regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . " Mr. Thrale . drest ? But how do you get your dinners " Dr. J. - Why De Mullin has the chief management of the kitchen ; but our roasting ...
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... fellow Lyttleton's company though , all that I could do , and I cannot forgive even his memory the prefer- ence given by a mind like hers . ” * Mr. Croker surmises that " Molly Aston , " not " dear Boothby , " must have been the object ...
... fellow Lyttleton's company though , all that I could do , and I cannot forgive even his memory the prefer- ence given by a mind like hers . ” * Mr. Croker surmises that " Molly Aston , " not " dear Boothby , " must have been the object ...
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