Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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Page 11
... pleased with his reception both by Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , and they so much pleased with him , that his invitations to their house were more and more frequent , till at last he be- came one of the family , and an apartment was appro ...
... pleased with his reception both by Mr. and Mrs. Thrale , and they so much pleased with him , that his invitations to their house were more and more frequent , till at last he be- came one of the family , and an apartment was appro ...
Page 42
... pleased to call my good writing , to the shape of this hand , for my uncle , Sir Robert Cotton , thought it was too manly to be employed in writing like a board- ing - school girl ; and so I came by my vigorous , black manuscript ...
... pleased to call my good writing , to the shape of this hand , for my uncle , Sir Robert Cotton , thought it was too manly to be employed in writing like a board- ing - school girl ; and so I came by my vigorous , black manuscript ...
Page 45
... pleased with such fantastical stuff . Mrs. Thrale stood to her guns with great courage , in defence of amorous ditties , which Johnson despised , till he at last silenced her by saying , ' My dear lady , talk no more of this . Nonsense ...
... pleased with such fantastical stuff . Mrs. Thrale stood to her guns with great courage , in defence of amorous ditties , which Johnson despised , till he at last silenced her by saying , ' My dear lady , talk no more of this . Nonsense ...
Page 52
... pleased at her discovery that a line in his epitaph on Phillips , " Till angels wake thee with a note like thine , " was imitated from Pope's " And saints embrace thee with a love like mine . " In one of her letters to him ( June , 1782 ) ...
... pleased at her discovery that a line in his epitaph on Phillips , " Till angels wake thee with a note like thine , " was imitated from Pope's " And saints embrace thee with a love like mine . " In one of her letters to him ( June , 1782 ) ...
Page 79
... pleased his fancy with ; for he would say , after one has gathered the apples in an orchard , one wishes them well baked , and removed to a London eating - house for enjoyment . " This is almost as bad as the foreigner , who complained ...
... pleased his fancy with ; for he would say , after one has gathered the apples in an orchard , one wishes them well baked , and removed to a London eating - house for enjoyment . " This is almost as bad as the foreigner , who complained ...
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