Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 11
... wonder and delight . My uncle soon began to dote on Fiddle , as he called me in fondness ; and I certainly did not obtain his love by flattery , as I remember well this odd tête - à - tête con- versation : - " Come now , dear , " said ...
... wonder and delight . My uncle soon began to dote on Fiddle , as he called me in fondness ; and I certainly did not obtain his love by flattery , as I remember well this odd tête - à - tête con- versation : - " Come now , dear , " said ...
Page 12
... wonder after she was five years old , at which period we left Wales and came to my uncle's house in Albe- marle Street , where he told my mother he should follow in less than two months ; make a new will , and leave poor Fiddle 10,000l ...
... wonder after she was five years old , at which period we left Wales and came to my uncle's house in Albe- marle Street , where he told my mother he should follow in less than two months ; make a new will , and leave poor Fiddle 10,000l ...
Page 24
... wonder . He had , the doctor said , asked several women , naming them , but all except me refused to live in the Borough , to which , and to his business , he observed , that Mr. Thrale was as unac- countably attached now as he had been ...
... wonder . He had , the doctor said , asked several women , naming them , but all except me refused to live in the Borough , to which , and to his business , he observed , that Mr. Thrale was as unac- countably attached now as he had been ...
Page 25
... wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had , as the clerks informed me , all in a breath ...
... wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had , as the clerks informed me , all in a breath ...
Page 33
... wonder in the Wri- tings . " " But there were really curious remains of the old Globe Playhouse , which , though hexagonal in form without , was round within , as circles contain more space than other shapes , and Bees make their cells ...
... wonder in the Wri- tings . " " But there were really curious remains of the old Globe Playhouse , which , though hexagonal in form without , was round within , as circles contain more space than other shapes , and Bees make their cells ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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