Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... speak from personal experience as con- fidently as of any other moral or social topics . He told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the un- fitness of things , of his and Lord ...
... speak from personal experience as con- fidently as of any other moral or social topics . He told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the un- fitness of things , of his and Lord ...
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... speak of love as of a thing in which they might take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's ... speaking of another 34 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... speak of love as of a thing in which they might take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's ... speaking of another 34 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. and she is very cruel , ' speaking of another lady ( Miss Burney ) in the room . " As the high - flown language which he occasionally employed in addressing or discussing women , has origi- nated a ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. and she is very cruel , ' speaking of another lady ( Miss Burney ) in the room . " As the high - flown language which he occasionally employed in addressing or discussing women , has origi- nated a ...
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... speaking of some one else ; and one day , turning to him , she exclaimed : " No , I never was handsome : I had always too many strong points in my face for beauty . " On his expressing a doubt of this , and hint- ing that Dr. Johnson ...
... speaking of some one else ; and one day , turning to him , she exclaimed : " No , I never was handsome : I had always too many strong points in my face for beauty . " On his expressing a doubt of this , and hint- ing that Dr. Johnson ...
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... speaking of her to Mr. Harris , author of ' Hermes , ' and expatiating on her various perfections , the solidity of her virtues , the brilliancy of her wit , and the strength of her under- standing , & c . — he quoted some lines ( a ...
... speaking of her to Mr. Harris , author of ' Hermes , ' and expatiating on her various perfections , the solidity of her virtues , the brilliancy of her wit , and the strength of her under- standing , & c . — he quoted some lines ( a ...
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