Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... looks were riveted to his plate , till he had satisfied his appetite ; which was indulged with such intenseness , that the veins of his forehead swelled , and generally a strong perspiration was visible 8 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... looks were riveted to his plate , till he had satisfied his appetite ; which was indulged with such intenseness , that the veins of his forehead swelled , and generally a strong perspiration was visible 8 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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... look- ing awful , to make us feel how he could impose restraint , and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , ' I say the woman was fundamentally sensi- ble ; as if he had said , Hear this ...
... look- ing awful , to make us feel how he could impose restraint , and as it were searching his mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , ' I say the woman was fundamentally sensi- ble ; as if he had said , Hear this ...
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... look at my hand , but soon repented of her curiosity , ' for , ' says the gypsy , ' your heart is divided between a Betty and a Molly : Betty loves you best , but you take most delight in Molly's com- pany . ' When I turned about to ...
... look at my hand , but soon repented of her curiosity , ' for , ' says the gypsy , ' your heart is divided between a Betty and a Molly : Betty loves you best , but you take most delight in Molly's com- pany . ' When I turned about to ...
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... look on Thrale at thirty - five . ' " And now , ' said he , as I was writing them down , ' you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary - maker ; you may observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly . ' And so ...
... look on Thrale at thirty - five . ' " And now , ' said he , as I was writing them down , ' you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary - maker ; you may observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly . ' And so ...
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... looks . " My readers , " says Boswell , " will naturally wish for some representa- tion of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well- proportioned , and stately . As for Madam , or My Mistress , by which epithets Johnson ...
... looks . " My readers , " says Boswell , " will naturally wish for some representa- tion of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well- proportioned , and stately . As for Madam , or My Mistress , by which epithets Johnson ...
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