Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... mind ; but the resulting sacrifice of health and comfort in an establishment where this sitting up be- came habitual , was inevitably great . * Instead of being grateful , he always maintained that no one forbore his own gratification ...
... mind ; but the resulting sacrifice of health and comfort in an establishment where this sitting up be- came habitual , was inevitably great . * Instead of being grateful , he always maintained that no one forbore his own gratification ...
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... mind . " Mr. Thrale . But how do you get your dinners drest ? “ Dr. J.— Why De Mullin has the chief management of the kitchen ; but our roasting is not magnificent , for we have no jack . " Mr. T.- No jack ? Why how do they manage ...
... mind . " Mr. Thrale . But how do you get your dinners drest ? “ Dr. J.— Why De Mullin has the chief management of the kitchen ; but our roasting is not magnificent , for we have no jack . " Mr. T.- No jack ? Why how do they manage ...
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... mind as cultivated , and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs. Montagu , but she did not descend among men from such an eminence , and she talked much more , as well as more unguard- edly , on every subject . She was the provider and ...
... mind as cultivated , and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs. Montagu , but she did not descend among men from such an eminence , and she talked much more , as well as more unguard- edly , on every subject . She was the provider and ...
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... 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 now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . " This resembles the ...
... 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 now , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . " This resembles the ...
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... mind at landing . All answered separately that it was this ode . " Thinking Miss Cor- nelia Knight's version too diffuse , I asked Mr. Milnes for a trans- lation or paraphrase , and he kindly complied by producing these spirited stanzas ...
... mind at landing . All answered separately that it was this ode . " Thinking Miss Cor- nelia Knight's version too diffuse , I asked Mr. Milnes for a trans- lation or paraphrase , and he kindly complied by producing these spirited stanzas ...
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