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His favorite dishes are accurately enumerated by Peter Pindar : - MADAME
PIOZZI ( loquitur ) . “ Dear Doctor Johnson loved a leg of pork , And hearty on it
would his grinders work : He liked to eat it so much overdone , That one might
shake ...
His favorite dishes are accurately enumerated by Peter Pindar : - MADAME
PIOZZI ( loquitur ) . “ Dear Doctor Johnson loved a leg of pork , And hearty on it
would his grinders work : He liked to eat it so much overdone , That one might
shake ...
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In a conversation at Streatham , reported by Madame D ' Arblay , the menagerie
was thus humorously described :“ Mrs . Thrale . — Mr . Levet , I suppose , Sir ,
has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he is an apothecary .
In a conversation at Streatham , reported by Madame D ' Arblay , the menagerie
was thus humorously described :“ Mrs . Thrale . — Mr . Levet , I suppose , Sir ,
has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he is an apothecary .
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Their founders were Mrs . Vesey and Mrs . Montagu ; but according to Madame D
' Arblay , “ more bland and more gleeful than that of either of them , was the
personal celebrity of Mrs . Thrale . Mrs . Vesey , indeed , gentle and diffident ...
Their founders were Mrs . Vesey and Mrs . Montagu ; but according to Madame D
' Arblay , “ more bland and more gleeful than that of either of them , was the
personal celebrity of Mrs . Thrale . Mrs . Vesey , indeed , gentle and diffident ...
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... which attracted much attention , They were commonly attributed to Mr . (
afterwards Sir W . W . ) Pepys , and Madame d ' Arblay , who alludes to them
complacently , thought them his ; but he subsequently repudiated the authorship ,
and the ...
... which attracted much attention , They were commonly attributed to Mr . (
afterwards Sir W . W . ) Pepys , and Madame d ' Arblay , who alludes to them
complacently , thought them his ; but he subsequently repudiated the authorship ,
and the ...
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We have had Boswell ' s impression of his first visit to Streatham ; and Madame D
' Arblay ' s account of hers confirms the notion that My Mistress , not My Master ,
was the presiding genius of the place . “ London , August ( 1778 ) . — I have ...
We have had Boswell ' s impression of his first visit to Streatham ; and Madame D
' Arblay ' s account of hers confirms the notion that My Mistress , not My Master ,
was the presiding genius of the place . “ London , August ( 1778 ) . — I have ...
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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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