Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... sent for one of them to London ( my Mr. Thrale's father ) ; said he would make a man of him , and did so : but made him work very hard , and treated him very roughly , Halsey * In " Thraliana " she says : " strolled to London with only ...
... sent for one of them to London ( my Mr. Thrale's father ) ; said he would make a man of him , and did so : but made him work very hard , and treated him very roughly , Halsey * In " Thraliana " she says : " strolled to London with only ...
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... sent to him . Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart's madness , he said , " Another charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . " His deficiency in this respect seems to have made a lasting ...
... sent to him . Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart's madness , he said , " Another charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . " His deficiency in this respect seems to have made a lasting ...
Page 70
... sent him in their beer . I called on him to - day , how- ever , and by dint of an unwearied solicitation , ( for I kept him at the coach side a full half - hour ) I got his order for six butts more as the final trial . " Examples of ...
... sent him in their beer . I called on him to - day , how- ever , and by dint of an unwearied solicitation , ( for I kept him at the coach side a full half - hour ) I got his order for six butts more as the final trial . " Examples of ...
Page 90
... sent one of the gentlemen to inquire who she was . I find all true that you have ever told me at Paris . Mr. Thrale is very liberal , and keeps us two coaches , and a very fine table ; but I think our cookery very bad . Mrs. Thrale got ...
... sent one of the gentlemen to inquire who she was . I find all true that you have ever told me at Paris . Mr. Thrale is very liberal , and keeps us two coaches , and a very fine table ; but I think our cookery very bad . Mrs. Thrale got ...
Page 107
... sent it to town ; and while we were wondering what he would say about it at breakfast , he was walking to London himself , without taking leave of any one person , except it may be the girl , who owns they had much talk , in the course ...
... sent it to town ; and while we were wondering what he would say about it at breakfast , he was walking to London himself , without taking leave of any one person , except it may be the girl , who owns they had much talk , in the course ...
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