Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... Lady Cobham , making an excellent bargain , with the money he had saved . " When , in the next page but one , Boswell describes Thrale as presenting the character of a plain indepen- dent English squire , she writes : " No , no ! Mr ...
... Lady Cobham , making an excellent bargain , with the money he had saved . " When , in the next page but one , Boswell describes Thrale as presenting the character of a plain indepen- dent English squire , she writes : " No , no ! Mr ...
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... lady of lively talents , improved by edu- cation . That Johnson's introduction into Mr. Thrale's family , which contributed so much to the happiness of his life , was owing to her desire for his conversation , is a very probable and the ...
... lady of lively talents , improved by edu- cation . That Johnson's introduction into Mr. Thrale's family , which contributed so much to the happiness of his life , was owing to her desire for his conversation , is a very probable and the ...
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... lady . He was generally last at breakfast , but one morning happened to be first and waited some time alone ; when afterwards twitted by Mrs. Thrale with irregularity , he replied , " Madam , I do not like to come down to vacuity . " He ...
... lady . He was generally last at breakfast , but one morning happened to be first and waited some time alone ; when afterwards twitted by Mrs. Thrale with irregularity , he replied , " Madam , I do not like to come down to vacuity . " He ...
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... lady named Williams , whose chief recommendations were her blindness and her poverty . But in spite of her murmurs and reproaches , he gave an asylum to another lady who was as poor as herself , Mrs. Desmou- lins , whose family he had ...
... lady named Williams , whose chief recommendations were her blindness and her poverty . But in spite of her murmurs and reproaches , he gave an asylum to another lady who was as poor as herself , Mrs. Desmou- lins , whose family he had ...
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... her respectability , and refers to a memoir , by Lady Knight , in the " European Magazine " for Oct. 1799 . † Life of Johnson , p . 396-400 . quarrelling from morning to night with one another , with 22 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... her respectability , and refers to a memoir , by Lady Knight , in the " European Magazine " for Oct. 1799 . † Life of Johnson , p . 396-400 . quarrelling from morning to night with one another , with 22 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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