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He sent for one of them to London ( my Mr . Thrale ' s father ) ; said he would
make a man of him , and did so , but made him work very hard , and treated him
very roughly , Halsey being more proud than tender , and his only child , a
daughter ...
He sent for one of them to London ( my Mr . Thrale ' s father ) ; said he would
make a man of him , and did so , but made him work very hard , and treated him
very roughly , Halsey being more proud than tender , and his only child , a
daughter ...
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Lord Macaulay says , they were flattered by finding that a man so widely
celebrated preferred their house to every other in London ( where , by the way ,
very few of the same class were open to him ) , and suggests that even the
peculiarities 12 ...
Lord Macaulay says , they were flattered by finding that a man so widely
celebrated preferred their house to every other in London ( where , by the way ,
very few of the same class were open to him ) , and suggests that even the
peculiarities 12 ...
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It was a redeeming feature in Johnson ' s character that he was extremely fond of
female society ; so fond , indeed , that on coming to London he was obliged to be
on his guard against the temptations to which it exposed him . He left off ...
It was a redeeming feature in Johnson ' s character that he was extremely fond of
female society ; so fond , indeed , that on coming to London he was obliged to be
on his guard against the temptations to which it exposed him . He left off ...
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This visit took place in October , 1769 , four or five years after Johnson ' s
introduction to her ; and Boswell ' s absence from London , in which he had no
fixed residence during Johnson ' s life , will hardly account for the neglect of his
illustrious ...
This visit took place in October , 1769 , four or five years after Johnson ' s
introduction to her ; and Boswell ' s absence from London , in which he had no
fixed residence during Johnson ' s life , will hardly account for the neglect of his
illustrious ...
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London , August ( 1778 ) . — I have now to write an account of the most
consequential day I have spent since my birth : namely , my Streatham visit . “ Our
journey to Streatham was the least pleasant part of the day , for the roads were ...
London , August ( 1778 ) . — I have now to write an account of the most
consequential day I have spent since my birth : namely , my Streatham visit . “ Our
journey to Streatham was the least pleasant part of the day , for the roads were ...
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| Title | Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 |
| Author | Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
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