Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 10
... hear pity lavished on a family reduced by losses to exchange a palace for a comfortable cottage ; and when condolence was demanded for a lady of rank in mourn- ing for a baby , he contrasted her with a washerwoman with half Dr. Burney ...
... hear pity lavished on a family reduced by losses to exchange a palace for a comfortable cottage ; and when condolence was demanded for a lady of rank in mourn- ing for a baby , he contrasted her with a washerwoman with half Dr. Burney ...
Page 15
... Hear this now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . " This resembles the influence exercised by the " great com- moner " over the House of Commons . An instance being men- tioned of his throwing an adversary ...
... Hear this now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . " This resembles the influence exercised by the " great com- moner " over the House of Commons . An instance being men- tioned of his throwing an adversary ...
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... hear you , is always to hear wit and to see virtue . " He would not suffer her to be lightly spoken of in his pres- ence , nor permit his name to be coupled jocularly with hers . " I yesterday told him , " says Boswell , when they were ...
... hear you , is always to hear wit and to see virtue . " He would not suffer her to be lightly spoken of in his pres- ence , nor permit his name to be coupled jocularly with hers . " I yesterday told him , " says Boswell , when they were ...
Page 41
... 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 him in ...
... 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 him in ...
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... hear that Mrs. Thrale is disencumbered of her brewhouse , and that it seemed to the purchaser so far from an evil that he was content to give for it £ 135,000 . Is the nation ruined ? " Marginal note : " I suppose he was neither glad ...
... hear that Mrs. Thrale is disencumbered of her brewhouse , and that it seemed to the purchaser so far from an evil that he was content to give for it £ 135,000 . Is the nation ruined ? " Marginal note : " I suppose he was neither glad ...
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