Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 1
... live with it ; * they gathered and preserved the choicest of its flowers . Thanks to them , his reputation is kept alive more by what has been saved of his con- versation than by his books ; and his colloquial exploits necessa- rily ...
... live with it ; * they gathered and preserved the choicest of its flowers . Thanks to them , his reputation is kept alive more by what has been saved of his con- versation than by his books ; and his colloquial exploits necessa- rily ...
Page 7
... live peace- ably with her mother , who took a strong dislike to him , and con- stantly led the conversation to topics which he detested , such as foreign news and politics . He revenged himself by writing to the newspapers accounts of ...
... live peace- ably with her mother , who took a strong dislike to him , and con- stantly led the conversation to topics which he detested , such as foreign news and politics . He revenged himself by writing to the newspapers accounts of ...
Page 16
... Lives of the Poets were printed , " that dear Boothby is at my heart still . She would delight in that fellow Lyttleton's company though , all that I could do , and I cannot forgive even his memory the preference given by a mind like ...
... Lives of the Poets were printed , " that dear Boothby is at my heart still . She would delight in that fellow Lyttleton's company though , all that I could do , and I cannot forgive even his memory the preference given by a mind like ...
Page 18
... Live my lovely Hetty long ! Always young and always pretty ; Long may live my lovely Hetty ! " Her marginal note in the copy of the " Anecdotes " presented by her to Sir James Fellowes in 1816 is : " I heard these verses sung at Mr ...
... Live my lovely Hetty long ! Always young and always pretty ; Long may live my lovely Hetty ! " Her marginal note in the copy of the " Anecdotes " presented by her to Sir James Fellowes in 1816 is : " I heard these verses sung at Mr ...
Page 24
... live to read Byron's " thoroughbred and tapering fingers , " or to be shocked by his theory that " the hand is almost the only sign of blood which aristocracy can generate . " Her Bath friend appeals to a miniature ( engraved for this ...
... live to read Byron's " thoroughbred and tapering fingers , " or to be shocked by his theory that " the hand is almost the only sign of blood which aristocracy can generate . " Her Bath friend appeals to a miniature ( engraved for this ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
50 cents 75 cents Adbury Adieu admiration Anecdotes Baretti Bath beautiful believe Boswell brother Brynbella Burney called character charming Cloth conversation cried daughter dear Sir James death delight dinner Doctor Johnson fancy father feel give H. L. P. To Sir H. L. PIOZZI happy hear heard heart HESTER LYNCH PIOZZI honor hope husband Italy kind lady laugh letter live London look Lord Lord Gwydir Lord Macaulay Lutwyches Lysons Madame Madame D'Arblay marriage married mind Miss Thrale mother never night obliged once Penzance perhaps pleasure POEMS poor portrait praise pretty recollect remember replied Samuel Lysons says Sir James Fellowes Sir John Salusbury soon Southwark story Streatham Park sure Synonymy talk tell thing thought Thraliana tion told verses whilst wish woman wonder word Wraxall write written wrote young