Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... conversation , is a very probable and the general supposition ; but it is not the truth . Mr. Murphy , who was intimate with Mr. Thrale , having spoken very highly of Dr. Johnson , he was requested to make them ac- quainted . This being ...
... conversation , is a very probable and the general supposition ; but it is not the truth . Mr. Murphy , who was intimate with Mr. Thrale , having spoken very highly of Dr. Johnson , he was requested to make them ac- quainted . This being ...
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... conversation , extolling it in terms which that of no other person could have deserved , till we were only in doubt how to obtain his company , and find an excuse for the invitation . The celebrity of Mr. Woodhouse , a shoemaker , whose ...
... conversation , extolling it in terms which that of no other person could have deserved , till we were only in doubt how to obtain his company , and find an excuse for the invitation . The celebrity of Mr. Woodhouse , a shoemaker , whose ...
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... conversations , after sitting up as long as the fire and candles lasted , and much longer than the patience of the servants sub- sisted . " a dozen children dependent on her daily labor for their 10 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... conversations , after sitting up as long as the fire and candles lasted , and much longer than the patience of the servants sub- sisted . " a dozen children dependent on her daily labor for their 10 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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... conversation at Streat- ham , 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 . " Dr ...
... conversation at Streat- ham , 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 . " Dr ...
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... conversation attracted many , it drove away some , and silenced more . He accounted for the little at- tention paid him by the great , by saying that " great lords and great ladies do not like to have their mouths stopped , " as if this ...
... conversation attracted many , it drove away some , and silenced more . He accounted for the little at- tention paid him by the great , by saying that " great lords and great ladies do not like to have their mouths stopped , " as if this ...
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