Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Doctor Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book and write in it all the little anecdotes which might come to my knowledge , all the observations I might make or hear , all the verses never likely to be published , and , in fine ...
... Doctor Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book and write in it all the little anecdotes which might come to my knowledge , all the observations I might make or hear , all the verses never likely to be published , and , in fine ...
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... doctor in the Commons ; and on his sons , rather than their own daughter , if they had no male heir . I fancy some rough words passed concerning this . My uncle certainly but ill brooked my father's pride , and he still less willingly ...
... doctor in the Commons ; and on his sons , rather than their own daughter , if they had no male heir . I fancy some rough words passed concerning this . My uncle certainly but ill brooked my father's pride , and he still less willingly ...
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... Doctor Thomas Salusbury , of the commons . My resemblance to my papa's whole family fixed me a favourite . My mother thought herself ill - used by them , and so in fact she was ; her husband having left his brother a power of attorney ...
... Doctor Thomas Salusbury , of the commons . My resemblance to my papa's whole family fixed me a favourite . My mother thought herself ill - used by them , and so in fact she was ; her husband having left his brother a power of attorney ...
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... Doctor Collier , a constant guest , did all he could to keep us all happy in one another . Felicity , in this world , however , lasts not long . Poor Lady Salusbury died , at forty - one years old , of dropsy in the breast , and uncle ...
... Doctor Collier , a constant guest , did all he could to keep us all happy in one another . Felicity , in this world , however , lasts not long . Poor Lady Salusbury died , at forty - one years old , of dropsy in the breast , and uncle ...
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... Doctor Collier was in London upon business . My uncle had been to town for a night or two , and returned to tell us what an excellent , what an incomparable young man he had seen , who was , in short , a model of perfection , ending his ...
... Doctor Collier was in London upon business . My uncle had been to town for a night or two , and returned to tell us what an excellent , what an incomparable young man he had seen , who was , in short , a model of perfection , ending his ...
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