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Page 27
Perhaps , Sir , I should not ; but that would be from prudence on my own account .
A man would tell his father . ' Boswell . " Yes ; because he would not have
spurious children to get any share of the family inheritance . Mrs . Thrale . Or he
would ...
Perhaps , Sir , I should not ; but that would be from prudence on my own account .
A man would tell his father . ' Boswell . " Yes ; because he would not have
spurious children to get any share of the family inheritance . Mrs . Thrale . Or he
would ...
Page 42
His lordship perhaps thought , and not unreasonably , that , like the elephant in
the battle , he was quite as likely to trample down his friends as his foes . ” Flood
doubted whether Johnson , being long used to sententious brevity and the short ...
His lordship perhaps thought , and not unreasonably , that , like the elephant in
the battle , he was quite as likely to trample down his friends as his foes . ” Flood
doubted whether Johnson , being long used to sententious brevity and the short ...
Page 49
... I apprehended some accident to her , — perhaps to him . ” He thus describes
Mrs . Thrale ' s family mansion : “ Saturday , July 30 . — We went to Bâch y Graig ,
where we found an old house , built 1567 , in an uncommon and incommodious ...
... I apprehended some accident to her , — perhaps to him . ” He thus describes
Mrs . Thrale ' s family mansion : “ Saturday , July 30 . — We went to Bâch y Graig ,
where we found an old house , built 1567 , in an uncommon and incommodious ...
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I have dreaded them all three since that hapless day at Compiegne , when you
teased me so , and Mr . Thrale made what I hoped would have proved a lasting
peace ; but French ground is unfavorable to fidelity perhaps , and so now you ...
I have dreaded them all three since that hapless day at Compiegne , when you
teased me so , and Mr . Thrale made what I hoped would have proved a lasting
peace ; but French ground is unfavorable to fidelity perhaps , and so now you ...
Page 60
I had scarcely swallowed a spoonful of soup when this occurred , and was so
overset by the coarseness of the proposal , that I burst into tears , said something
petulant , — that perhaps erelong the lady might be at the head of Mr . T . ' s table
...
I had scarcely swallowed a spoonful of soup when this occurred , and was so
overset by the coarseness of the proposal , that I burst into tears , said something
petulant , — that perhaps erelong the lady might be at the head of Mr . T . ' s table
...
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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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