Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... brother of Sir John , first husband to her mo- ther . He quarrelling with the House of Lleweney , tore down the Lion and set it on his wife's seat called Mrs. P. * See " British Synonymy , " vol . ii . p . 218 . See " Retrospection ...
... brother of Sir John , first husband to her mo- ther . He quarrelling with the House of Lleweney , tore down the Lion and set it on his wife's seat called Mrs. P. * See " British Synonymy , " vol . ii . p . 218 . See " Retrospection ...
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... brother , Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton , and his wife , Lady Betty Tollemache , refused all suitors attracted by * Lord Kirkwall sold the property to the Rev. Edward Hughes , whose son , William Lewis Hughes , the present possessor , was ...
... brother , Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton , and his wife , Lady Betty Tollemache , refused all suitors attracted by * Lord Kirkwall sold the property to the Rev. Edward Hughes , whose son , William Lewis Hughes , the present possessor , was ...
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... brother Thomas , who was bred up for the ecclesiastical courts with poor papa's money , and who lived in London among the gay and great , said how his friends the Duke of Leeds , Lord Halifax , & c . , would be delighted could they but ...
... brother Thomas , who was bred up for the ecclesiastical courts with poor papa's money , and who lived in London among the gay and great , said how his friends the Duke of Leeds , Lord Halifax , & c . , would be delighted could they but ...
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... brother had married , not much to please him , a portionless cousin of his own ; Miss Cotton , of Etwall and Belleport , by whom he had many children , among which two only were favourites at Lleweney . An invitation followed , and we ...
... brother had married , not much to please him , a portionless cousin of his own ; Miss Cotton , of Etwall and Belleport , by whom he had many children , among which two only were favourites at Lleweney . An invitation followed , and we ...
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... brother to papa , and then a 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 ...
... brother to papa , and then a 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 ...
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