Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... 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 Betty . The scheme prospered : grandmamma Salusbury * There is a ...
... 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 Betty . The scheme prospered : grandmamma Salusbury * There is a ...
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... thought to myself that kings and princes were but men , and God made them you know , Sir , and they made old baronets . " " Incomparable Fiddle , " exclaimed my uncle- " you will see a Mr. and Mrs. Clough at dinner to - day : do you ...
... thought to myself that kings and princes were but men , and God made them you know , Sir , and they made old baronets . " " Incomparable Fiddle , " exclaimed my uncle- " you will see a Mr. and Mrs. Clough at dinner to - day : do you ...
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... thought herself ill - used by them , and so in fact she was ; her husband having left his brother a power of attorney to do everything for him , and he neglecting all mamma's entreaties , having forbore to change the hands of a mortgage ...
... thought herself ill - used by them , and so in fact she was ; her husband having left his brother a power of attorney to do everything for him , and he neglecting all mamma's entreaties , having forbore to change the hands of a mortgage ...
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... thought , and of course I thought , had * It was told of him that he challenged his son , the Colonel Luttrell ( afterwards Earl of Carhampton ) of Middlesex election celebrity , who refused to fight him , " not because he was his ...
... thought , and of course I thought , had * It was told of him that he challenged his son , the Colonel Luttrell ( afterwards Earl of Carhampton ) of Middlesex election celebrity , who refused to fight him , " not because he was his ...
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... could do ; but here I am , vexing your tired ear with past afflictions . You will see that many letters were suppressed . But as you have probably thought more of my literary , than of my moral or social existence , though I hope.
... could do ; but here I am , vexing your tired ear with past afflictions . You will see that many letters were suppressed . But as you have probably thought more of my literary , than of my moral or social existence , though I hope.
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