Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... asked to a plain dinner . " It was a good dinner enough , " he would remark , " but it was not a dinner to ask a man to . " He was so displeased with the performances of a nobleman's French cook , that he exclaimed , with vehemence ...
... asked to a plain dinner . " It was a good dinner enough , " he would remark , " but it was not a dinner to ask a man to . " He was so displeased with the performances of a nobleman's French cook , that he exclaimed , with vehemence ...
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... asked the relator , an eyewitness , whether the House did not laugh at the ridiculous figure of the poor member . " " No , Sir , " was the reply , " we were too much awed to laugh . " It was a redeeming feature in Johnson's character ...
... asked the relator , an eyewitness , whether the House did not laugh at the ridiculous figure of the poor member . " " No , Sir , " was the reply , " we were too much awed to laugh . " It was a redeeming feature in Johnson's character ...
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... asked Mr. Milnes for a trans- lation or paraphrase , and he kindly complied by producing these spirited stanzas : — " Where constant mist enshrouds the rocks , Shattered in earth's primeval shocks , And niggard Nature ever mocks The ...
... asked Mr. Milnes for a trans- lation or paraphrase , and he kindly complied by producing these spirited stanzas : — " Where constant mist enshrouds the rocks , Shattered in earth's primeval shocks , And niggard Nature ever mocks The ...
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... asked if Othello's doctrine was not plausible : " He that is robbed , not wanting what is stolen , Let him not know ' t , and he ' s not robbed at all . ' 6 Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale joined against this . Johnson . ' Ask any man if he ...
... asked if Othello's doctrine was not plausible : " He that is robbed , not wanting what is stolen , Let him not know ' t , and he ' s not robbed at all . ' 6 Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale joined against this . Johnson . ' Ask any man if he ...
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... cost the first , the last seven groats ; Sullen you turn from both , and call for OATS . ' He laughed , and asked in whose name I would write it . I said 6 in Mrs. Thrale's . He was angry . ' 30 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... cost the first , the last seven groats ; Sullen you turn from both , and call for OATS . ' He laughed , and asked in whose name I would write it . I said 6 in Mrs. Thrale's . He was angry . ' 30 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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