Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... believe , they manage with a string , and larger are done at the tavern . I have some thoughts ( with a profound gravity ) of buying a jack , because I think a jack is some credit to a house . “ Mr. T. — Well , but you'll have a spit ...
... believe , they manage with a string , and larger are done at the tavern . I have some thoughts ( with a profound gravity ) of buying a jack , because I think a jack is some credit to a house . “ Mr. T. — Well , but you'll have a spit ...
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... 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 writ- ing like a boarding - school girl ; and so I came by my ...
... 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 writ- ing like a boarding - school girl ; and so I came by my ...
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... 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 : - " Virtues of such a generous kind , Good in the last recesses of the mind . ' " The ...
... 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 : - " Virtues of such a generous kind , Good in the last recesses of the mind . ' " The ...
Page 37
... believe not ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridicu- lous than parents cramming their children's nonsense down other people's throats . I keep mine as much out of the way as I can . ' " Yours , Madam , ' answered he , " are in ...
... believe not ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridicu- lous than parents cramming their children's nonsense down other people's throats . I keep mine as much out of the way as I can . ' " Yours , Madam , ' answered he , " are in ...
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... believe I torment you with more foolish questions than anybody else dares do . ' ― " No , Madam , ' said he , ' you don't torment me ; you tease me , indeed , sometimes . ' 666 ' Ay , so I do , Dr. Johnson , and I wonder you bear with ...
... believe I torment you with more foolish questions than anybody else dares do . ' ― " No , Madam , ' said he , ' you don't torment me ; you tease me , indeed , sometimes . ' 666 ' Ay , so I do , Dr. Johnson , and I wonder you bear with ...
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