Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... says Boswell , " was distinguished by his ( Johnson ) being introduced into the family of Mr. Thrale , one of the most eminent brewers in England , and member of Parliament for the borough of South- wark . Johnson used to give this ...
... says Boswell , " was distinguished by his ( Johnson ) being introduced into the family of Mr. Thrale , one of the most eminent brewers in England , and member of Parliament for the borough of South- wark . Johnson used to give this ...
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... Boswell's ac- count of her husband's family is curious and cha- racteristic : 6 " Edmund Halsey was son to a miller ... said he would make a man of him , and did so : but made him work very hard , and treated him very roughly , Halsey * In " ...
... Boswell's ac- count of her husband's family is curious and cha- racteristic : 6 " Edmund Halsey was son to a miller ... said he would make a man of him , and did so : but made him work very hard , and treated him very roughly , Halsey * In " ...
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... Boswell right as to the year . " It was on the second Thursday of the month of January , 1765 , that I first saw Mr ... say INTRODUCTION TO JOHNSON . 13 Mrs Thrale's Domestic Trials Electioneering with Johnson.
... Boswell right as to the year . " It was on the second Thursday of the month of January , 1765 , that I first saw Mr ... say INTRODUCTION TO JOHNSON . 13 Mrs Thrale's Domestic Trials Electioneering with Johnson.
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... said , " Another charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . " His deficiency in this ... ( says Boswell ) to change spreads into burns . I thought this alteration not only cured . the fault , but was more ...
... said , " Another charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . " His deficiency in this ... ( says Boswell ) to change spreads into burns . I thought this alteration not only cured . the fault , but was more ...
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... Boswell , describing the dinner with Wilkes at Davies ' , says , " No man eat more heartily than Johnson , or loved better what was nice and delicate , " she strikes in with " What was gustful rather : what was strong that he could ...
... Boswell , describing the dinner with Wilkes at Davies ' , says , " No man eat more heartily than Johnson , or loved better what was nice and delicate , " she strikes in with " What was gustful rather : what was strong that he could ...
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