Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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Page 28
... wrote to tell a friend of the charming intellectual party , who had one rule ; ' they wear blue stockings as a distinction . ' ' ▻ Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : 28 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... wrote to tell a friend of the charming intellectual party , who had one rule ; ' they wear blue stockings as a distinction . ' ' ▻ Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : 28 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
Page 31
... telling Garrick , " I'll come no more behind your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your ... tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness ...
... telling Garrick , " I'll come no more behind your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your ... tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness ...
Page 36
... tell Boswell , " I know no man who is more master of his wife and fa- mily than Thrale . If he holds up a finger , he is obeyed . " The sage never acted on the theory , and instead of treating the wife as a cipher , lost no opportunity ...
... tell Boswell , " I know no man who is more master of his wife and fa- mily than Thrale . If he holds up a finger , he is obeyed . " The sage never acted on the theory , and instead of treating the wife as a cipher , lost no opportunity ...
Page 45
... tell the man ! " The independent tone she took when she deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life ...
... tell the man ! " The independent tone she took when she deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life ...
Page 46
... tell you he has a great respect for you , and will call on you to - morrow at one o'clock , and communicate all he knows about Pope . ' Johnson . ' I shall not be in town to - morrow . I don't care to know about Pope . ' Mrs. Thrale ...
... tell you he has a great respect for you , and will call on you to - morrow at one o'clock , and communicate all he knows about Pope . ' Johnson . ' I shall not be in town to - morrow . I don't care to know about Pope . ' Mrs. Thrale ...
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