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Page 9
Though used from morn to night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had
enough . ” Mr . Thackeray relates , in his “ Irish Sketches , " that on his asking for
currant - jelly for his venison at a public dinner , the waiter replied , “ It ' s all gone
...
Though used from morn to night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had
enough . ” Mr . Thackeray relates , in his “ Irish Sketches , " that on his asking for
currant - jelly for his venison at a public dinner , the waiter replied , “ It ' s all gone
...
Page 10
... when afterwards twitted by Mrs . Thrale with irregularity , he replied , “ Madam ,
I do not like to come down to vacuity . ” If his early familiarity with all the miseries
of destitution , aggravated by disease , had increased his natural roughness and
...
... when afterwards twitted by Mrs . Thrale with irregularity , he replied , “ Madam ,
I do not like to come down to vacuity . ” If his early familiarity with all the miseries
of destitution , aggravated by disease , had increased his natural roughness and
...
Page 17
It is not , ' replied our philosopher , because they treat , as you call it , about love ,
but because they treat of nothing , that they are despicable : we must not ridicule
a passion which he who never felt never was happy , and he who laughs at ...
It is not , ' replied our philosopher , because they treat , as you call it , about love ,
but because they treat of nothing , that they are despicable : we must not ridicule
a passion which he who never felt never was happy , and he who laughs at ...
Page 23
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 least as
warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham . One day when he was
ill ...
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 least as
warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham . One day when he was
ill ...
Page 24
... who , with all his love of truth , could not bear to be painted with his defects . He
was displeased at being drawn holding a book close to his eye , and on its being
suggested that Reynolds had painted himself with his ear - trumpet , he replied ...
... who , with all his love of truth , could not bear to be painted with his defects . He
was displeased at being drawn holding a book close to his eye , and on its being
suggested that Reynolds had painted himself with his ear - trumpet , he replied ...
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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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