Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... 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 see little Hester . My mother , however , thought it would be best to conciliate her own ...
... 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 see little Hester . My mother , however , thought it would be best to conciliate her own ...
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... lived with him nine years , and said it were pity I should not learn Latin , Italian , and even Spanish , in all which she was conversant . Study was my delight , and such a patroness would have made stones students . The Lisbon ...
... lived with him nine years , and said it were pity I should not learn Latin , Italian , and even Spanish , in all which she was conversant . Study was my delight , and such a patroness would have made stones students . The Lisbon ...
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... lived at our old mansion in Dean Street , Soho , then no unfashionable part of the world , and thither I went - oh how willingly ! to visit her every day . My husband's sisters † ( who , like himself , were eminent for personal beauty ) ...
... lived at our old mansion in Dean Street , Soho , then no unfashionable part of the world , and thither I went - oh how willingly ! to visit her every day . My husband's sisters † ( who , like himself , were eminent for personal beauty ) ...
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... lived like my husband's kept mis- tress , shut from the world , its pleasures , or its cares . Fox - hounds were - The scene was soon to change . sold , and a seat in Parliament was suggested by our new inmate as more suitable to his ...
... lived like my husband's kept mis- tress , shut from the world , its pleasures , or its cares . Fox - hounds were - The scene was soon to change . sold , and a seat in Parliament was suggested by our new inmate as more suitable to his ...
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... lived an hour - my mother a year ; but she left our minds more easy . I lay awake twelve nights and days , I remember , ' spite of all art could do ; but here I am , vexing your tired ear with past afflictions . You will see that many ...
... lived an hour - my mother a year ; but she left our minds more easy . I lay awake twelve nights and days , I remember , ' spite of all art could do ; but here I am , vexing your tired ear with past afflictions . You will see that many ...
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