Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 57
Page 6
... , offering me all possible honours , to the triumphant delight of dear Piozzi , for whose amuse- ment alone I pulled out the schedule . You will find a modest allusion to the circumstance in page 283 of the 6 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
... , offering me all possible honours , to the triumphant delight of dear Piozzi , for whose amuse- ment alone I pulled out the schedule . You will find a modest allusion to the circumstance in page 283 of the 6 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
Page 10
... delighted could they but see little Hester . My mother , however , thought it would be best to conciliate her own relations , and made me , I know not at how early an age , write a letter to my uncle Robert who had lately lost Lady ...
... delighted could they but see little Hester . My mother , however , thought it would be best to conciliate her own relations , and made me , I know not at how early an age , write a letter to my uncle Robert who had lately lost Lady ...
Page 11
... delight . My uncle soon began to dote on Fiddle , as he called me in fondness ; and I certainly did not obtain his love by flattery , as I remember well this odd tête - à - tête con- versation : - " Come now , dear , " said he , " that ...
... delight . My uncle soon began to dote on Fiddle , as he called me in fondness ; and I certainly did not obtain his love by flattery , as I remember well this odd tête - à - tête con- versation : - " Come now , dear , " said he , " that ...
Page 16
... delighted in taking me for a pupil . Grandmamma kept four great ramping war- horses , chevaux entiers , for her carriage , with immense long manes and tails , which we buckled and combed ; and when , after long practice , I showed her ...
... delighted in taking me for a pupil . Grandmamma kept four great ramping war- horses , chevaux entiers , for her carriage , with immense long manes and tails , which we buckled and combed ; and when , after long practice , I showed her ...
Page 17
... delight , and such a patroness would have made stones students . The Lisbon earthquake had impressed her strongly ; and my mother , who was particularly fond of Spanish literature , made me translate a sermon in that language , written ...
... delight , and such a patroness would have made stones students . The Lisbon earthquake had impressed her strongly ; and my mother , who was particularly fond of Spanish literature , made me translate a sermon in that language , written ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adieu admired amuse anecdotes Bath beautiful believe Bishop Boswell brother Brynbella Burney called character charming cries Daniel Lysons daughter dear Sir James death delight dinner Doctor Johnson epigram fancy father favourite feel gout H. L. PIOZZI happy hear heard heart honour hope husband Italy kind King Lady laugh letter live London look Lord Byron Lord Lyttelton Lutwyche Lysons marriage married Miles Peter Andrews mind Miss Thrale mother never night once Paradise Lost Penzance perhaps play poor Pope portrait praise pretty recollect remember replied Salusbury Samuel Lysons scarce sent Siddons Sir James Fellowes Sir Robert Cotton story Streatham Park suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale told verses virtue whilst wish wonder Wraxall write written wrote young