Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... poor as herself , Mrs. Desmou- lins , whose family he had known many years before in Staffordshire . Room was found for the daughter of Mrs. Desmoulins , and for another destitute damsel , who was generally addressed as Mrs. Carmichael ...
... poor as herself , Mrs. Desmou- lins , whose family he had known many years before in Staffordshire . Room was found for the daughter of Mrs. Desmoulins , and for another destitute damsel , who was generally addressed as Mrs. Carmichael ...
Page 22
... poor , nor was known in any instance to have enforced the payment of even what was justly his due . Hawkins adds that he ( Levet ) had acted for many years in the capacity of surgeon and apothecary to Johnson under the direction of Dr ...
... poor , nor was known in any instance to have enforced the payment of even what was justly his due . Hawkins adds that he ( Levet ) had acted for many years in the capacity of surgeon and apothecary to Johnson under the direction of Dr ...
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... , the late Mr. Charles Butler asked the rela- tor , an eye - witness , whether the House did not laugh at the ridiculous figure of the poor member . " No , 4 Sir , " was the reply , " we were 30 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... , the late Mr. Charles Butler asked the rela- tor , an eye - witness , whether the House did not laugh at the ridiculous figure of the poor member . " No , 4 Sir , " was the reply , " we were 30 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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... poor . ' 6 " Johnson . Nay , my dear lady , this will never do . Poor David ! Smile with the simple ! - what folly is that ? And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No , no ; let me smile with the wise , and feed with the ...
... poor . ' 6 " Johnson . Nay , my dear lady , this will never do . Poor David ! Smile with the simple ! - what folly is that ? And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No , no ; let me smile with the wise , and feed with the ...
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... poor a figure , should seem little better than a nonentity , whilst every imaginable topic was under animated discussion at his table ; for Boswell was more ready to report the husband's sayings than the wife's . In a marginal note on ...
... poor a figure , should seem little better than a nonentity , whilst every imaginable topic was under animated discussion at his table ; for Boswell was more ready to report the husband's sayings than the wife's . In a marginal note on ...
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