Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... mean stuffs made of vegetable substances . I would have no silks : you cannot tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness . " His virtue thawed in- stead of becoming ...
... mean stuffs made of vegetable substances . I would have no silks : you cannot tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness . " His virtue thawed in- stead of becoming ...
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... mean to regard me as a show , or to distress or frighten me by drawing me out . Afterwards she took me up stairs , and showed me the house , and said she had very much wished to see me at Streatham , and should always think herself much ...
... mean to regard me as a show , or to distress or frighten me by drawing me out . Afterwards she took me up stairs , and showed me the house , and said she had very much wished to see me at Streatham , and should always think herself much ...
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... means to draw me out , but made it her business to draw herself out , that is , to start subjects , to support them herself , and take all the weight of the conversation , as if it behooved her to find me entertainment . But I am so ...
... means to draw me out , but made it her business to draw herself out , that is , to start subjects , to support them herself , and take all the weight of the conversation , as if it behooved her to find me entertainment . But I am so ...
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... mean proficient in that art of pleasing which attracts * This story is told by Boswell , roy . 8vo . edit . p . 688 . " When the company were retired , we happened to be talking of Dr. Bar- nard , the provost of Eton , who died about ...
... mean proficient in that art of pleasing which attracts * This story is told by Boswell , roy . 8vo . edit . p . 688 . " When the company were retired , we happened to be talking of Dr. Bar- nard , the provost of Eton , who died about ...
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... mean Mrs. Thrale and Miss Burney , when I talk of women ! —they are goddesses ! and therefore I except them . " Mrs. Thrale . - Lady Lade never wore the bandeau , and said she never would , because it is unbecoming . " Dr J. ( laughing ) ...
... mean Mrs. Thrale and Miss Burney , when I talk of women ! —they are goddesses ! and therefore I except them . " Mrs. Thrale . - Lady Lade never wore the bandeau , and said she never would , because it is unbecoming . " Dr J. ( laughing ) ...
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