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Page 10
... his discriminating charity , his genuine benevolence , his well - timed
generosity , his large - hearted sympathy with real suffering or sorrow . He said it
was enough to make a plain man sick to hear pity lavished on a family reduced
by losses ...
... his discriminating charity , his genuine benevolence , his well - timed
generosity , his large - hearted sympathy with real suffering or sorrow . He said it
was enough to make a plain man sick to hear pity lavished on a family reduced
by losses ...
Page 15
... I say the woman was fundamentally sensible ; ' as if he had said , Hear this
now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . ” This
resembles the influence exercised by the “ great commoner " over the House of
Commons .
... I say the woman was fundamentally sensible ; ' as if he had said , Hear this
now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . ” This
resembles the influence exercised by the “ great commoner " over the House of
Commons .
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... yet I shall see you and hear you every now and then ; and to see and hear you
, is always to hear wit and to see virtue . ” He would not suffer her to be lightly
spoken of in his presence , nor permit his name to be coupled jocularly with hers .
... yet I shall see you and hear you every now and then ; and to see and hear you
, is always to hear wit and to see virtue . ” He would not suffer her to be lightly
spoken of in his presence , nor permit his name to be coupled jocularly with hers .
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How glad I shall be to hear that matter is settled at all to your satisfaction . His
letter and remittance came while I was there to - day . . . . . . Careless , of the '
Blue Posts , ' has turned refractory , and applied to Hoare ' s people , who have
sent ...
How glad I shall be to hear that matter is settled at all to your satisfaction . His
letter and remittance came while I was there to - day . . . . . . Careless , of the '
Blue Posts , ' has turned refractory , and applied to Hoare ' s people , who have
sent ...
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The event is thus announced to Langton by Johnson , in a letter printed by
Boswell , dated June 16 , 1781 : “ You will perhaps be glad to hear that Mrs .
Thrale is disencumbered of her brewhouse , and that it seemed to the purchaser
so far ...
The event is thus announced to Langton by Johnson , in a letter printed by
Boswell , dated June 16 , 1781 : “ You will perhaps be glad to hear that Mrs .
Thrale is disencumbered of her brewhouse , and that it seemed to the purchaser
so far ...
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| Title | Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 |
| Author | Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
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