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Boswell was jealous of Mrs . Thrale ( as it is most convenient to call her till her
second marriage ) as a rival biographer , and lost no opportunity of depreciating
her . He might at least , however , have stated that instead of sanctioning the ...
Boswell was jealous of Mrs . Thrale ( as it is most convenient to call her till her
second marriage ) as a rival biographer , and lost no opportunity of depreciating
her . He might at least , however , have stated that instead of sanctioning the ...
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Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : “ Mrs . Thrale always
appeared to me to possess at least as much information , a mind as cultivated ,
and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs . Montagu , but she did not descend
among ...
Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : “ Mrs . Thrale always
appeared to me to possess at least as much information , a mind as cultivated ,
and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs . Montagu , but she did not descend
among ...
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My being just recovered from illness and confinement will account for the manner
in which he burst out suddenly , for so he did without the least previous hesitation
whatsoever , and without having entertained the smallest intention towards it ...
My being just recovered from illness and confinement will account for the manner
in which he burst out suddenly , for so he did without the least previous hesitation
whatsoever , and without having entertained the smallest intention towards it ...
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On his expressing a doubt of this , and hinting that Dr . Johnson was certainly an
admirer of her personal charms , she replied that his devotion was at least as
warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham . One day when he was
ill ...
On his expressing a doubt of this , and hinting that Dr . Johnson was certainly an
admirer of her personal charms , she replied that his devotion was at least as
warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham . One day when he was
ill ...
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Accordingly she soon returned , wearing the requisite quantity of bloom ; which ,
it must be noticed , was not in the least like that of youth and beauty . I then said
that I was surprised she should so far sacrifice to fashion , as to take that trouble .
Accordingly she soon returned , wearing the requisite quantity of bloom ; which ,
it must be noticed , was not in the least like that of youth and beauty . I then said
that I was surprised she should so far sacrifice to fashion , as to take that trouble .
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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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