Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... happy to shew travellers , with the registered account of their young prince Adam , who came over to our island with William , and gained a settle- ment . They were pleased when I observed to them that his blood was not yet wholly ...
... happy to shew travellers , with the registered account of their young prince Adam , who came over to our island with William , and gained a settle- ment . They were pleased when I observed to them that his blood was not yet wholly ...
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... 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 said he had no kindness but for me . I think I did share his fond ...
... 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 said he had no kindness but for me . I think I did share his fond ...
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... happy sight ! alluding to my state of pregnancy . So summer came again , and Streatham Park was improving , and autumn came , and Lady Keith came , and I became of a little more importance . Confidence was no word in our vocabulary ...
... happy sight ! alluding to my state of pregnancy . So summer came again , and Streatham Park was improving , and autumn came , and Lady Keith came , and I became of a little more importance . Confidence was no word in our vocabulary ...
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... happy Mr. Thrale must be in such a wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had , as the ...
... happy Mr. Thrale must be in such a wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had , as the ...
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... happy years when I reigned Queen at Offley Place all summer , that Hogarth made me sit for his fine picture of the Lady's Last Stake , now in possession of Lord Charlemont . It was then , too , when I was about thirteen , fourteen , and ...
... happy years when I reigned Queen at Offley Place all summer , that Hogarth made me sit for his fine picture of the Lady's Last Stake , now in possession of Lord Charlemont . It was then , too , when I was about thirteen , fourteen , and ...
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