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... 1788 ; “ Observations and Reflections made in the course of a Journey through
France , Italy , and Germany , ” in two volumes , 1789 ; “ Retrospection ; or ,
Review of the most striking and important Events , Characters , Situations , and
their ...
... 1788 ; “ Observations and Reflections made in the course of a Journey through
France , Italy , and Germany , ” in two volumes , 1789 ; “ Retrospection ; or ,
Review of the most striking and important Events , Characters , Situations , and
their ...
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Yet it is curious to observe within how narrow a circle of good houses the Doctor '
s engagements were restricted . Reynolds , Paoli , Beauclerc , Allan Ramsay ,
Hoole , Dilly , Strahan , Lord Lucan , Langton , Garrick , and the Club formed his ...
Yet it is curious to observe within how narrow a circle of good houses the Doctor '
s engagements were restricted . Reynolds , Paoli , Beauclerc , Allan Ramsay ,
Hoole , Dilly , Strahan , Lord Lucan , Langton , Garrick , and the Club formed his ...
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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 they do . " Byron ' s estimate of life at the same
age ...
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 they do . " Byron ' s estimate of life at the same
age ...
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... while conversing with her on the subject of education , she observed that all
Misses , now - adays , wrote so like each other , that it was provoking ; ' adding , ' I
love to see individuality of character , and abhor sameness , especially in what is
...
... while conversing with her on the subject of education , she observed that all
Misses , now - adays , wrote so like each other , that it was provoking ; ' adding , ' I
love to see individuality of character , and abhor sameness , especially in what is
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and that Dr . Johnson observed , it had been borrowed from Guarini . There are ,
indeed , in Pastor Fido , many such flimsy , superficial reasonings as that in the
last two lines of this stanza . “ Boswell . In that stanza of Pope ' s , “ rod of fires ” is
...
and that Dr . Johnson observed , it had been borrowed from Guarini . There are ,
indeed , in Pastor Fido , many such flimsy , superficial reasonings as that in the
last two lines of this stanza . “ Boswell . In that stanza of Pope ' s , “ rod of fires ” is
...
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| Title | Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 |
| Author | Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
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