Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 23
... beautiful ; and one day , while conversing with her on the subject of education , she observed that ' all Misses , now - a- days , wrote so like each other , that it was provoking ; ' adding , ' I love to see individuality of character ...
... beautiful ; and one day , while conversing with her on the subject of education , she observed that ' all Misses , now - a- days , wrote so like each other , that it was provoking ; ' adding , ' I love to see individuality of character ...
Page 31
... beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of John- son's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the praise of being the author of that admirable poem , ' The Three Warnings ...
... beautiful little fairy tale in prose , written with exquisite simplicity , is one of John- son's productions ; and I cannot withhold from Mrs. Thrale the praise of being the author of that admirable poem , ' The Three Warnings ...
Page 52
... beautiful and rich country , all enclosed and planted . " Her marginal note is : " Yet to please Mr. Thrale , he feigned abhorrence of it . " Their impressions of one another as travelling companions were sufficiently favorable to ...
... beautiful and rich country , all enclosed and planted . " Her marginal note is : " Yet to please Mr. Thrale , he feigned abhorrence of it . " Their impressions of one another as travelling companions were sufficiently favorable to ...
Page 120
... beautiful style imaginable , she should generally use those inelegant , those strange dids , and does , and thoughs , and toos , which produce jerking angles , and stop - short abruptness , fatal at once to the grace and ease of the ...
... beautiful style imaginable , she should generally use those inelegant , those strange dids , and does , and thoughs , and toos , which produce jerking angles , and stop - short abruptness , fatal at once to the grace and ease of the ...
Page 126
... beautiful and apparently artless young creature , not noble , how that affair was managed , for there is no harm done , I am sure , said I. ' Why , no , ' replied she , ' no great harm to be sure : except weari- some attentions from a ...
... beautiful and apparently artless young creature , not noble , how that affair was managed , for there is no harm done , I am sure , said I. ' Why , no , ' replied she , ' no great harm to be sure : except weari- some attentions from a ...
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