Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... feel how he could impose restraint , and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , ' I say the woman was fundamentally sensi- ble ; as if he had said , Hear this now , and laugh if you dare ...
... feel how he could impose restraint , and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , ' I say the woman was fundamentally sensi- ble ; as if he had said , Hear this now , and laugh if you dare ...
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... feel , - a passion which has caused the change of empires , and the loss of worlds , - a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice . ' He thought he had already said too much . A passion , in short , ' added he , with an ...
... feel , - a passion which has caused the change of empires , and the loss of worlds , - a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice . ' He thought he had already said too much . A passion , in short , ' added he , with an ...
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... feeling , and in the hope of securing to her- self the benefit of the doubt , Mrs. Thrale omitted in the " An- ecdotes " the year when these verses were addressed to her , and a sharp controversy has been raised as to the respective ...
... feeling , and in the hope of securing to her- self the benefit of the doubt , Mrs. Thrale omitted in the " An- ecdotes " the year when these verses were addressed to her , and a sharp controversy has been raised as to the respective ...
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... feel quite sure that Johnson's support might not sometimes prove rather an encumbrance than a help . " His lordship perhaps thought , and not unreasonably , that , like the elephant in the battle , he was quite as likely to trample down ...
... feel quite sure that Johnson's support might not sometimes prove rather an encumbrance than a help . " His lordship perhaps thought , and not unreasonably , that , like the elephant in the battle , he was quite as likely to trample down ...
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... feel as if acting without a parent's consent till you write kindly to " Your faithful servant . " No. 2 . Circular . “ SIR , ― As one of the executors of Mr. Thrale's will and guardian to his daughters , I think it my duty to acquaint ...
... feel as if acting without a parent's consent till you write kindly to " Your faithful servant . " No. 2 . Circular . “ SIR , ― As one of the executors of Mr. Thrale's will and guardian to his daughters , I think it my duty to acquaint ...
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