Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... hand before it , and before leaving him desired her to prevail on him to quit his close habitation for a period and come with them to Streatham . He complied , and took up his abode with them from before Midsummer till after Michaelmas ...
... hand before it , and before leaving him desired her to prevail on him to quit his close habitation for a period and come with them to Streatham . He complied , and took up his abode with them from before Midsummer till after Michaelmas ...
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... hand it had helped largely to bring out his sterling virtues , his discriminating charity , his genuine be- nevolence , his well - timed generosity , his large - hearted sympathy with real suffering or sorrow . He said it was enough to ...
... hand it had helped largely to bring out his sterling virtues , his discriminating charity , his genuine be- nevolence , his well - timed generosity , his large - hearted sympathy with real suffering or sorrow . He said it was enough to ...
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... hand , but soon repented of her curiosity , ' for , ' says the gypsy , ' your heart is divided between a Betty and a Molly : Betty loves you best , but you take most delight in Molly's com- pany . ' When I turned about to laugh , I saw ...
... hand , but soon repented of her curiosity , ' for , ' says the gypsy , ' your heart is divided between a Betty and a Molly : Betty loves you best , but you take most delight in Molly's com- pany . ' When I turned about to laugh , I saw ...
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... hand that my suspicion was just , and that she was born in 1740 , new style . " He does not state where or in what shape this evidence was found . It coincides with her letter of January 15th , 1817 ; but is irreconcilable with the slip ...
... hand that my suspicion was just , and that she was born in 1740 , new style . " He does not state where or in what shape this evidence was found . It coincides with her letter of January 15th , 1817 ; but is irreconcilable with the slip ...
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... hands were muscular and almost coarse , but her writing was , even in her eightieth year , exquisitely beautiful ; and one ... hand , for my uncle , Sir Robert Cotton , thought it was too manly to be employed in writ- ing like a boarding ...
... hands were muscular and almost coarse , but her writing was , even in her eightieth year , exquisitely beautiful ; and one ... hand , for my uncle , Sir Robert Cotton , thought it was too manly to be employed in writ- ing like a boarding ...
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