Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... means of reference . The account given in " Thraliana " has a greater air of freshness , and proves Boswell right as to the year . " It was on the second Thursday of the month of January , 1765 , that I first saw Mr. Johnson in a room ...
... means of reference . The account given in " Thraliana " has a greater air of freshness , and proves Boswell right as to the year . " It was on the second Thursday of the month of January , 1765 , that I first saw Mr. Johnson in a room ...
Page 31
... mean stuffs made of vegetable substances . I would have no silks : you can- not tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness . " His virtue thawed instead of becoming ...
... mean stuffs made of vegetable substances . I would have no silks : you can- not tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness . " His virtue thawed instead of becoming ...
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... mean to regard me as a show , or to distress or frighten me by drawing me out . Afterwards she took me up stairs , and showed me the house , and said she had very much wished to see me at Streatham , and should always 60 LIFE AND ...
... mean to regard me as a show , or to distress or frighten me by drawing me out . Afterwards she took me up stairs , and showed me the house , and said she had very much wished to see me at Streatham , and should always 60 LIFE AND ...
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... kind Mrs. Thrale would give courage to the most timid . She did not ask me questions , or catechise me upon what I knew , or use any means to draw me out , but made it her business to draw herself out - that is , to STREATHAM . 63.
... kind Mrs. Thrale would give courage to the most timid . She did not ask me questions , or catechise me upon what I knew , or use any means to draw me out , but made it her business to draw herself out - that is , to STREATHAM . 63.
Page 64
... means of happiness in his power . But I think I have rarely seen a very rich man with a light heart and light spirits . " The concluding remark , coming from such a source , may supply an improving subject of meditation or inquiry ; if ...
... means of happiness in his power . But I think I have rarely seen a very rich man with a light heart and light spirits . " The concluding remark , coming from such a source , may supply an improving subject of meditation or inquiry ; if ...
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