Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... never appeared in print . 4. Manuscript notes by her on Wraxall's Memoirs , and on her own published works , namely : " Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson , LL . D. , during the last twenty years of his life , " one volume , 1786 ...
... never appeared in print . 4. Manuscript notes by her on Wraxall's Memoirs , and on her own published works , namely : " Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson , LL . D. , during the last twenty years of his life , " one volume , 1786 ...
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... never use it ; and if a jack is seen , a spit will be presumed ! " Mrs. T. — But pray , Sir , who is the Poll you talk of ? She that you used to abet in her quarrels with Mrs. Williams , and call out , ' At her again , Poll ! Never ...
... never use it ; and if a jack is seen , a spit will be presumed ! " Mrs. T. — But pray , Sir , who is the Poll you talk of ? She that you used to abet in her quarrels with Mrs. Williams , and call out , ' At her again , Poll ! Never ...
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... never speak of love as of a thing in which they could take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of ... never felt never was happy , and he who laughs at never deserves to feel , - a passion which has caused the change of ...
... never speak of love as of a thing in which they could take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of ... never felt never was happy , and he who laughs at never deserves to feel , - a passion which has caused the change of ...
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... never drive O'er the bounds of thirty - five . High to soar , and deep to dive , Nature gives at thirty - five . Ladies , stock and tend your hive , Trifle not at thirty - five ; For howe'er we boast and strive , Life declines from ...
... never drive O'er the bounds of thirty - five . High to soar , and deep to dive , Nature gives at thirty - five . Ladies , stock and tend your hive , Trifle not at thirty - five ; For howe'er we boast and strive , Life declines from ...
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... never was handsome : I had always too many strong points in my face for beauty . " 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 ...
... never was handsome : I had always too many strong points in my face for beauty . " 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 ...
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