Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... Mistress , by which epithets Johnson used to mention Mrs. Thrale , she was short , plump , and brisk . " " He should have added , " observes Mr. Croker , " that she was very pretty . " This was not her own opinion , nor that of her ...
... Mistress , by which epithets Johnson used to mention Mrs. Thrale , she was short , plump , and brisk . " " He should have added , " observes Mr. Croker , " that she was very pretty . " This was not her own opinion , nor that of her ...
Page 55
... Mistress Thrale , ' ' Drink her in whiskey not , ' said he , ' but ale . ' " So far from making light of her scholarship , he fre- quently accepted her as a partner in translations from the Latin . The translations from Boethius ...
... Mistress Thrale , ' ' Drink her in whiskey not , ' said he , ' but ale . ' " So far from making light of her scholarship , he fre- quently accepted her as a partner in translations from the Latin . The translations from Boethius ...
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... Mistress , not My Master , was the presiding genius of the place . " London , August ( 1778 ) .— I have now to write an account of the most consequential day I have spent since my birth : namely , my Streatham visit . " Our journey to ...
... Mistress , not My Master , was the presiding genius of the place . " London , August ( 1778 ) .— I have now to write an account of the most consequential day I have spent since my birth : namely , my Streatham visit . " Our journey to ...
Page 67
... mistress was not . ' " And did she ever get out of jail again , Sir ? ' " Yes , Madam ; when she came to her trial , the judge acquitted her . " So now , " she said to me , " the quilt is my own , and now I'll make a petticoat of it ...
... mistress was not . ' " And did she ever get out of jail again , Sir ? ' " Yes , Madam ; when she came to her trial , the judge acquitted her . " So now , " she said to me , " the quilt is my own , and now I'll make a petticoat of it ...
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... mistress fifteen years , and never saw her fairly out of humour but on Chester wall . ' It was because he would keep Miss Thrale beyond her hour of going to bed to walk on the wall , where from the want of light , I apprehended some ...
... mistress fifteen years , and never saw her fairly out of humour but on Chester wall . ' It was because he would keep Miss Thrale beyond her hour of going to bed to walk on the wall , where from the want of light , I apprehended some ...
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