Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... Doctor Johnson loved a leg of pork , And hearty on it would his grinders work : He liked to eat it so much overdone ... Doctor's gums . Though used from morn to night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had enough . " Mr ...
... Doctor Johnson loved a leg of pork , And hearty on it would his grinders work : He liked to eat it so much overdone ... Doctor's gums . Though used from morn to night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had enough . " Mr ...
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... doctor called Levet , who bled and dosed coal - heavers and hackney coachmen , and received for fees crusts of bread , bits of bacon , glasses of gin , and sometimes a little copper , completed this menagerie . " † It is strange that ...
... doctor called Levet , who bled and dosed coal - heavers and hackney coachmen , and received for fees crusts of bread , bits of bacon , glasses of gin , and sometimes a little copper , completed this menagerie . " † It is strange that ...
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... Doctor's engagements were restricted . Reynolds , Paoli , Beauclerc , Allan Ramsay , Hoole , Dilly , Strahan , Lord Lucan , Langton , Garrick , and the Club formed his main reliance as regards dinners ; and we find Bos- well recording ...
... Doctor's engagements were restricted . Reynolds , Paoli , Beauclerc , Allan Ramsay , Hoole , Dilly , Strahan , Lord Lucan , Langton , Garrick , and the Club formed his main reliance as regards dinners ; and we find Bos- well recording ...
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... Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of Pope . 6 " Elated with the success of my spontaneous exertion to ...
... Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of Pope . 6 " Elated with the success of my spontaneous exertion to ...
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... Doctor , with the most comical look , ' I have known all the wits , from Mrs. Montagu down to Bet Flint ! ' " Bet Flint ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' pray who is she ? ' “ O , a fine character , Madam ! She was habitually a slut and a ...
... Doctor , with the most comical look , ' I have known all the wits , from Mrs. Montagu down to Bet Flint ! ' " Bet Flint ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' pray who is she ? ' “ O , a fine character , Madam ! She was habitually a slut and a ...
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