Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... gentleman . " After expatiating on the advantages of birth , and the presumption of new men in attempting to found a new system of gentility , Boswell proceeds : " Mr. Thrale had married Miss Hester Lynch Salusbury , of good Welsh ...
... gentleman . " After expatiating on the advantages of birth , and the presumption of new men in attempting to found a new system of gentility , Boswell proceeds : " Mr. Thrale had married Miss Hester Lynch Salusbury , of good Welsh ...
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... Gentleman's Magazine " that , instead of taking his seat at Cave's table , he sate behind a screen and had his victuals sent to him . Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart's madness , he said , " Another charge was that he did ...
... Gentleman's Magazine " that , instead of taking his seat at Cave's table , he sate behind a screen and had his victuals sent to him . Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart's madness , he said , " Another charge was that he did ...
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... gentleman , after spending an evening at Mrs. Montagu's soirée , wrote to tell a friend of the charming intellectual party , who had one rule ; ' they wear blue stockings as a distinction . ' " Wraxall , who makes the same comparison ...
... gentleman , after spending an evening at Mrs. Montagu's soirée , wrote to tell a friend of the charming intellectual party , who had one rule ; ' they wear blue stockings as a distinction . ' " Wraxall , who makes the same comparison ...
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... 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 . Boothby is at my heart still . She would delight 32 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS ...
... 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 . Boothby is at my heart still . She would delight 32 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS ...
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... gentleman of his country who ever told a lady she was older than she said she was . Actuated probably by a similar feeling , and in the hope of securing to herself the benefit of the doubt , Mrs. Thrale omitted in the " Anecdotes " the ...
... gentleman of his country who ever told a lady she was older than she said she was . Actuated probably by a similar feeling , and in the hope of securing to herself the benefit of the doubt , Mrs. Thrale omitted in the " Anecdotes " the ...
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