Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... whole of the marginal notes transcribed for my use at his expense . Animated by the same liberal wish to promote a literary undertaking , Mr. J. E. Gray , son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Gray , late Bishop of Bristol , has placed at my ...
... whole of the marginal notes transcribed for my use at his expense . Animated by the same liberal wish to promote a literary undertaking , Mr. J. E. Gray , son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Gray , late Bishop of Bristol , has placed at my ...
Page 8
... whole to him for thirty thousand pounds , security being taken upon the pro- perty . This was accordingly settled . In eleven years Thrale paid the purchase money . He acquired a large fortune , and lived to be a member of Parliament ...
... whole to him for thirty thousand pounds , security being taken upon the pro- perty . This was accordingly settled . In eleven years Thrale paid the purchase money . He acquired a large fortune , and lived to be a member of Parliament ...
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... whole of its remaining contents over his plum pudding . A clergyman who once travelled with him relates , " The coach halted as usual for dinner , which seemed to be a deeply interesting business to Johnson , who vehemently attacked a ...
... whole of its remaining contents over his plum pudding . A clergyman who once travelled with him relates , " The coach halted as usual for dinner , which seemed to be a deeply interesting business to Johnson , who vehemently attacked a ...
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... whole . Sometimes , when visiting the author of " Piozziana , " she used to look at her little self , as she called it , and spoke drolly of what she once was , as if speaking of some one else ; and one day , turning to him , she ...
... whole . Sometimes , when visiting the author of " Piozziana , " she used to look at her little self , as she called it , and spoke drolly of what she once was , as if speaking of some one else ; and one day , turning to him , she ...
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... whole soul , affected his temper too . Perkins called it being planet struck , and I am not sure he was ever completely the same man again . " The notes of his conversation during the antecedent VOL . I. E period are equally meagre . He ...
... whole soul , affected his temper too . Perkins called it being planet struck , and I am not sure he was ever completely the same man again . " The notes of his conversation during the antecedent VOL . I. E period are equally meagre . He ...
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