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6 Dr . J . — Why De Mullin has the chief management of the kitchen ; but our
roasting is not magnificent , for we have no jack . “ Mr . T . - No jack ? Why how do
they manage without ? “ Dr . J . — Small joints , I believe , they manage with a
string ...
6 Dr . J . — Why De Mullin has the chief management of the kitchen ; but our
roasting is not magnificent , for we have no jack . “ Mr . T . - No jack ? Why how do
they manage without ? “ Dr . J . — Small joints , I believe , they manage with a
string ...
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Then , spreading her hand , she said , “ I believe I owe what you are pleased to
call my good writing , to the shape of this hand , for my uncle , Sir Robert Cotton ,
thought it was too manly to be employed in writing like a boarding - school girl ...
Then , spreading her hand , she said , “ I believe I owe what you are pleased to
call my good writing , to the shape of this hand , for my uncle , Sir Robert Cotton ,
thought it was too manly to be employed in writing like a boarding - school girl ...
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he quoted some lines ( a stanza , I believe , but from what author I know not ) ,
with which he concluded his most eloquent eulogium , and of these I retained but
the two last lines :66 • Virtues — of such a generous kind , Good in the last ...
he quoted some lines ( a stanza , I believe , but from what author I know not ) ,
with which he concluded his most eloquent eulogium , and of these I retained but
the two last lines :66 • Virtues — of such a generous kind , Good in the last ...
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... ( 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 editor of her Memoirs believes that they were written by Dr . Burney .
... ( 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 editor of her Memoirs believes that they were written by Dr . Burney .
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But he could not have chosen a man who would have been less entertained by
such means . ' “ « I believe not ! ' cried Mrs . Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridiculous
than parents cramming their children ' s nonsense down other people ' s throats .
But he could not have chosen a man who would have been less entertained by
such means . ' “ « I believe not ! ' cried Mrs . Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridiculous
than parents cramming their children ' s nonsense down other people ' s throats .
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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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