Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... least feel older , than he wished , I suppose . Lord Halifax was now , or soon after , head of the Board of Trade , and wished to immortalise his name he had no sóns - by colonising Nova Scotia . ANECDOTES OF CHILDHOOD . 13.
... least feel older , than he wished , I suppose . Lord Halifax was now , or soon after , head of the Board of Trade , and wished to immortalise his name he had no sóns - by colonising Nova Scotia . ANECDOTES OF CHILDHOOD . 13.
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... head of the principal . I think some faint image of the distress appears in Doctor Johnson's forty - eighth letter , 1st vol . But God tempers every evil with some good . Such was my charming mother's firmness and such her fond ...
... head of the principal . I think some faint image of the distress appears in Doctor Johnson's forty - eighth letter , 1st vol . But God tempers every evil with some good . Such was my charming mother's firmness and such her fond ...
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... head clerk , had never done repeat- ing my short letter to our master , which only said , " I have done my errand , and you soon shall see returned , whole , as I hope - your heavy and faithful messenger , H. L T. " Perkins ' sons are ...
... head clerk , had never done repeat- ing my short letter to our master , which only said , " I have done my errand , and you soon shall see returned , whole , as I hope - your heavy and faithful messenger , H. L T. " Perkins ' sons are ...
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... head full of Authors , Actors , Literature in every shape ; and I had a dear , dear friend , an old Dr. Collier , who said he was sixty - six years old , I remember , the day I was sixteen , and whose instructions I prized beyond all ...
... head full of Authors , Actors , Literature in every shape ; and I had a dear , dear friend , an old Dr. Collier , who said he was sixty - six years old , I remember , the day I was sixteen , and whose instructions I prized beyond all ...
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... head , but reach'd the heart . " The Edinburgh Review imagines him to have been Arthur Col- lier , LL.D. , described by the author of " Lives of the Civilians " as an ingenious but unsteady and eccentric man , the confidential law ...
... head , but reach'd the heart . " The Edinburgh Review imagines him to have been Arthur Col- lier , LL.D. , described by the author of " Lives of the Civilians " as an ingenious but unsteady and eccentric man , the confidential law ...
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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