Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... London with a very few shillings in his pocket . He was eminently handsome , and old Child , of the Anchor Brew- house , Southwark , took him in as what we call a broomstick clerk , to sweep the yard , & c . Edmund Halsey behaved so ...
... London with a very few shillings in his pocket . He was eminently handsome , and old Child , of the Anchor Brew- house , Southwark , took him in as what we call a broomstick clerk , to sweep the yard , & c . Edmund Halsey behaved so ...
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... London he was obliged to be on his guard against the tempta- tions to which it exposed him . He left off attending the Green Room , telling Garrick , " I'll come no more behind your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white ...
... London he was obliged to be on his guard against the tempta- tions to which it exposed him . He left off attending the Green Room , telling Garrick , " I'll come no more behind your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white ...
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... London , in which he had no fixed resi- dence during Johnson's life , will hardly account for the neglect of his illustrious friend in not procuring him a privilege which he must have highly coveted and would doubtless have turned to ...
... London , in which he had no fixed resi- dence during Johnson's life , will hardly account for the neglect of his illustrious friend in not procuring him a privilege which he must have highly coveted and would doubtless have turned to ...
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... London , August ( 1778 ) . ยท 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 ) . ยท 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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... London eating- house for enjoyment . " This is almost as bad as the foreigner , who complained that there was no ripe fruit in England but the JOHNSON'S FONDNESS FOR A CARRIAGE . 47 roasted apples . 46 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... London eating- house for enjoyment . " This is almost as bad as the foreigner , who complained that there was no ripe fruit in England but the JOHNSON'S FONDNESS FOR A CARRIAGE . 47 roasted apples . 46 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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