Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Virtue . ' " What does he come here for ? ' replies Spanish Charles ; he will find neither Grammar nor Virtue here . ' Well , my dear old Dr. Collier had much of both , and delighted to shake the superflux of his full mind over mine ...
... Virtue . ' " What does he come here for ? ' replies Spanish Charles ; he will find neither Grammar nor Virtue here . ' Well , my dear old Dr. Collier had much of both , and delighted to shake the superflux of his full mind over mine ...
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... virtue , & c . & c . & c . " JACKSON , " Comptroller of the Foreign Post Office . ' " He had directed the letter to my maid ! " We left our cards with this gentleman as soon as * Yet he wrote to commend her going there . - Letters , vol ...
... virtue , & c . & c . & c . " JACKSON , " Comptroller of the Foreign Post Office . ' " He had directed the letter to my maid ! " We left our cards with this gentleman as soon as * Yet he wrote to commend her going there . - Letters , vol ...
Page 79
... Virtues all around her wait T ' infuse their influence mild ; And every duty regulate Of parent , wife , and child . " Such judgment to direct each storm , Each hurricane to weather ; A mind so pure , a heart so warm , How seldom found ...
... Virtues all around her wait T ' infuse their influence mild ; And every duty regulate Of parent , wife , and child . " Such judgment to direct each storm , Each hurricane to weather ; A mind so pure , a heart so warm , How seldom found ...
Page 83
... virtue . Her mind is enslaved to the lowest and grossest temptation . " Of men , the examples are sufficiently common . I had a friend , of great eminence in the learned and the witty world , who had hung up some pots on his wall to ...
... virtue . Her mind is enslaved to the lowest and grossest temptation . " Of men , the examples are sufficiently common . I had a friend , of great eminence in the learned and the witty world , who had hung up some pots on his wall to ...
Page 88
... Virtue , published in Dryden's Miscellanies ! yet I do not suppose them a plagiarism . Old Bentley would have scorned such tricks ; besides , what passed once between myself and Mr. Johnson should cure me of suspicion in these cases ...
... Virtue , published in Dryden's Miscellanies ! yet I do not suppose them a plagiarism . Old Bentley would have scorned such tricks ; besides , what passed once between myself and Mr. Johnson should cure me of suspicion in these cases ...
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