Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... natural to the inhabitants of North Wales , where the proud Duke of Somerset had married a daughter of his to the son of Owen Tudor by the Princess Katherine of France ; another of whose sons , Fychan Tudor de Beraine , married his son ...
... natural to the inhabitants of North Wales , where the proud Duke of Somerset had married a daughter of his to the son of Owen Tudor by the Princess Katherine of France ; another of whose sons , Fychan Tudor de Beraine , married his son ...
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... naturally consider them . There is a little poem called " Offley Park " I know ; another " On my poor Aunt Anna Maria's favou- rite Ash Tree ; " and one styled " The Old Hunter's Petition for Life , " written to save dear Forester from ...
... naturally consider them . There is a little poem called " Offley Park " I know ; another " On my poor Aunt Anna Maria's favou- rite Ash Tree ; " and one styled " The Old Hunter's Petition for Life , " written to save dear Forester from ...
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... natural my restoration day . Meanwhile this odd pre- fatory collection of Biographical Anecdotes are at your service . course - It may be not unamusing to compare the fore- going account of her early life with some passages in the ...
... natural my restoration day . Meanwhile this odd pre- fatory collection of Biographical Anecdotes are at your service . course - It may be not unamusing to compare the fore- going account of her early life with some passages in the ...
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... natural disposition to con- viviality degenerated into a preternatural desire for food , like Erisicthon of old " Cibus omnis in illo Causa cibi est ; semperque locus inanis edendo . " It was a distressing moment , and the distress in ...
... natural disposition to con- viviality degenerated into a preternatural desire for food , like Erisicthon of old " Cibus omnis in illo Causa cibi est ; semperque locus inanis edendo . " It was a distressing moment , and the distress in ...
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... natural taste . This letter is existing now , and that was her expression . Mr. Thrale found his per- formance on the forte - piano so superior to everything then heard in England , and in short took such a fancy to his society , that ...
... natural taste . This letter is existing now , and that was her expression . Mr. Thrale found his per- formance on the forte - piano so superior to everything then heard in England , and in short took such a fancy to his society , that ...
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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