Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... happy , and he who laughs at never deserves to 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 ...
... happy , and he who laughs at never deserves to 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 ...
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... happy and thankful . " The author's comment is : " In this letter she marks her birthday and her advanced age , seventy - seven ; and much about that time , I recollect her showing me a valuable china bowl , in the inside of which was ...
... happy and thankful . " The author's comment is : " In this letter she marks her birthday and her advanced age , seventy - seven ; and much about that time , I recollect her showing me a valuable china bowl , in the inside of which was ...
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... happy . " " Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior . He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it ; his love verses were college verses : and he re- peated the song , ' Alexis shunned ...
... happy . " " Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior . He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it ; his love verses were college verses : and he re- peated the song , ' Alexis shunned ...
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... happy . " Mrs. Thrale . " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " Johnson . Madam , in ' The Way of the World . ' " If there's delight in love , ' t is when I see The heart that others bleed for , bleed for me . ' " The laudari a ...
... happy . " Mrs. Thrale . " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " Johnson . Madam , in ' The Way of the World . ' " If there's delight in love , ' t is when I see The heart that others bleed for , bleed for me . ' " The laudari a ...
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... happy , and Bos- well proposed Mrs. Thrale as their toast , he would not have her drunk in whiskey . Peter Pindar has maliciously added to this reproof : - " We supped most royally , were vastly frisky , When Johnson ordered up a gill ...
... happy , and Bos- well proposed Mrs. Thrale as their toast , he would not have her drunk in whiskey . Peter Pindar has maliciously added to this reproof : - " We supped most royally , were vastly frisky , When Johnson ordered up a gill ...
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