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Mr . Levet , I suppose , Sir , has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he
is an apothecary . “ Dr . J . — Levet , Madam , is a brutal fellow , but I have a good
regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . “ Mr . Thrale .
Mr . Levet , I suppose , Sir , has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he
is an apothecary . “ Dr . J . — Levet , Madam , is a brutal fellow , but I have a good
regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . “ Mr . Thrale .
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... chosen a man who would have been less entertained by such means . ' “ « I
believe not ! ' cried Mrs . Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridiculous than parents
cramming their children ' s nonsense down other people ' s throats . I keep mine
as much ...
... chosen a man who would have been less entertained by such means . ' “ « I
believe not ! ' cried Mrs . Thrale ; ' nothing is more ridiculous than parents
cramming their children ' s nonsense down other people ' s throats . I keep mine
as much ...
Page 40
So long as they remained prosperous , he insisted on her not meddling with them
in any way , and even required her to keep to her drawing - room and leave the
conduct of their domestic establishment to the butler and housekeeper .
So long as they remained prosperous , he insisted on her not meddling with them
in any way , and even required her to keep to her drawing - room and leave the
conduct of their domestic establishment to the butler and housekeeper .
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... serves to call the rooks about him . On the same occasion it was that he
observed how a mind unfurnished with subjects and materials for thinking can
keep up no dignity at all in solitude . It is , ' says he , ' in the state of a mill without
grist . ' ” ...
... serves to call the rooks about him . On the same occasion it was that he
observed how a mind unfurnished with subjects and materials for thinking can
keep up no dignity at all in solitude . It is , ' says he , ' in the state of a mill without
grist . ' ” ...
Page 49
... never saw her fairly out of humor but on Chester wall ; ' it was because he
would keep Miss Thrale beyond her hour of going to bed to walk on the wall ,
where , from the want of light , I apprehended some accident to her , — perhaps
to him .
... never saw her fairly out of humor but on Chester wall ; ' it was because he
would keep Miss Thrale beyond her hour of going to bed to walk on the wall ,
where , from the want of light , I apprehended some accident to her , — perhaps
to him .
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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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