Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... half - famished man . When at table , he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were riveted to his plate , till he had satisfied his appetite ; which was indulged with such intenseness , that the veins of his ...
... half - famished man . When at table , he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment ; his looks were riveted to his plate , till he had satisfied his appetite ; which was indulged with such intenseness , that the veins of his ...
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... half Dr. Burney states that in 1765 " he very frequently met Johnson at Streat- ham , where they had many long conversations , after sitting up as long as the fire and candles lasted , and much longer than the patience of the servants ...
... half Dr. Burney states that in 1765 " he very frequently met Johnson at Streat- ham , where they had many long conversations , after sitting up as long as the fire and candles lasted , and much longer than the patience of the servants ...
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... half an hour together . " Women almost always like men who like them . Johnson , despite of his unwieldy figure , scarred features , and uncouth gestures , was a favorite with the fair ; and talked of affairs of the heart as things of ...
... half an hour together . " Women almost always like men who like them . Johnson , despite of his unwieldy figure , scarred features , and uncouth gestures , was a favorite with the fair ; and talked of affairs of the heart as things of ...
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... out suddenly , for so he did without the least previous hesitation whatsoever , and without having enter- tained the smallest intention towards it half a minute before : " Oft in danger , yet alive , We are VERSES TO MRS . THRALE . 19.
... out suddenly , for so he did without the least previous hesitation whatsoever , and without having enter- tained the smallest intention towards it half a minute before : " Oft in danger , yet alive , We are VERSES TO MRS . THRALE . 19.
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... half , for he prompts every other word . But he could not have chosen a man who would have been less enter- tained by such means . ' " " I believe not ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridicu- lous than parents cramming their ...
... half , for he prompts every other word . But he could not have chosen a man who would have been less enter- tained by such means . ' " " I believe not ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridicu- lous than parents cramming their ...
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