Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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Page 16
... once . What he meant by hungry is not easy to explain , for his every day manner of eating was that of a half - famished man . When at table , he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were riveted to his plate ...
... once . What he meant by hungry is not easy to explain , for his every day manner of eating was that of a half - famished man . When at table , he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were riveted to his plate ...
Page 17
... once travelled with him relates , " The coach halted as usual for dinner , which seemed to be a deeply interesting business to Johnson , who vehemently attacked a dish of stewed carp , using his fingers only in feeding himself . " VOL ...
... once travelled with him relates , " The coach halted as usual for dinner , which seemed to be a deeply interesting business to Johnson , who vehemently attacked a dish of stewed carp , using his fingers only in feeding himself . " VOL ...
Page 27
... once . But a bookish couple , surrounded by a literary set , were surely not exclusively dependent on him for this description of help , nor laid under any extraordinary obligation by reason of it . Whilst the " Lives of the Poets was ...
... once . But a bookish couple , surrounded by a literary set , were surely not exclusively dependent on him for this description of help , nor laid under any extraordinary obligation by reason of it . Whilst the " Lives of the Poets was ...
Page 32
... once asking one of them for what purpose she supposed her Maker had bestowed on her so much beauty . Her answer was , ' To please the gentlemen , to be sure ; for what other purpose could it be given me ? ( Johnsoniana . ) He once ...
... once asking one of them for what purpose she supposed her Maker had bestowed on her so much beauty . Her answer was , ' To please the gentlemen , to be sure ; for what other purpose could it be given me ? ( Johnsoniana . ) He once ...
Page 38
... once and said to him , ' Nobody sends me any verses now , because I am five - and - thirty years old ; and Stella was fed with them till forty - six , I remember . ' My being just recovered from illness and confinement will account for ...
... once and said to him , ' Nobody sends me any verses now , because I am five - and - thirty years old ; and Stella was fed with them till forty - six , I remember . ' My being just recovered from illness and confinement will account for ...
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