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These reminiscences , unluckily limited to the last eight or ten years of her life at
Bath , contain much curious information , and leave a highly favorable impression
of Mrs . Piozzi . * “ One day I called early at her house HER LOOKS . 23.
These reminiscences , unluckily limited to the last eight or ten years of her life at
Bath , contain much curious information , and leave a highly favorable impression
of Mrs . Piozzi . * “ One day I called early at her house HER LOOKS . 23.
Page 24
Her Bath friend appeals to a miniature ( engraved for this work ) by Roche , of
Bath , taken when she was in her seventy - seventh year . Like Cromwell , who
told the painter that if he softened a harsh line , or so much as omitted a wart , he
...
Her Bath friend appeals to a miniature ( engraved for this work ) by Roche , of
Bath , taken when she was in her seventy - seventh year . Like Cromwell , who
told the painter that if he softened a harsh line , or so much as omitted a wart , he
...
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On the 4th August , they visited Rhuddlan Castle and Bodryddan , * of which he
says : - “ Stapylton ' s house is pretty : there are pleasing shades about it , with a
constant spring that supplies a cold bath . We then went out to see a cascade .
On the 4th August , they visited Rhuddlan Castle and Bodryddan , * of which he
says : - “ Stapylton ' s house is pretty : there are pleasing shades about it , with a
constant spring that supplies a cold bath . We then went out to see a cascade .
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The monotony of a constant residence at Streatham was varied by trips to Bath or
Brighton ; and it was so much a matter of course for Johnson to make one of the
party , that when , not expecting him so soon back from a journey with Boswell ...
The monotony of a constant residence at Streatham was varied by trips to Bath or
Brighton ; and it was so much a matter of course for Johnson to make one of the
party , that when , not expecting him so soon back from a journey with Boswell ...
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This scheme of visiting Italy was abandoned , and the friends continued living on
the usual terms ; Mrs . Thrale ' s time , as we learn from the Diary , being divided
between Argyll Street , Brighton , and Bath . In the mean time , Piozzi ' s suit had ...
This scheme of visiting Italy was abandoned , and the friends continued living on
the usual terms ; Mrs . Thrale ' s time , as we learn from the Diary , being divided
between Argyll Street , Brighton , and Bath . In the mean time , Piozzi ' s suit had ...
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