Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... suppose , who was thus a kind of tutor to the young man , who had not failed to profit by these advantages , and who was , when he came down to Offley to see his father's birthplace , a very handsome and well - accomplished gentleman ...
... suppose , who was thus a kind of tutor to the young man , who had not failed to profit by these advantages , and who was , when he came down to Offley to see his father's birthplace , a very handsome and well - accomplished gentleman ...
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... suppose , Sir , has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he is an apothecary . " Dr. J. - Levet , Madam , is a brutal fellow , but I have a good regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . " Mr ...
... suppose , Sir , has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he is an apothecary . " Dr. J. - Levet , Madam , is a brutal fellow , but I have a good regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . " Mr ...
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... suppose he had her face washed , and put clean clothes on her . ' Then , looking very serious , and very earnest . ' And she did not disgrace him ; the woman had a bottom of good sense . ' The word bottom thus introduced was so ...
... suppose he had her face washed , and put clean clothes on her . ' Then , looking very serious , and very earnest . ' And she did not disgrace him ; the woman had a bottom of good sense . ' The word bottom thus introduced was so ...
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... suppose , Sir , Mr. Bos- well thought that as you are to write Pope's Life , you would wish to know about him . ' Johnson . ' Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge , I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go ...
... suppose , Sir , Mr. Bos- well thought that as you are to write Pope's Life , you would wish to know about him . ' Johnson . ' Wish ! why yes . If it rained knowledge , I'd hold out my hand ; but I would not give myself the trouble to go ...
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... suppose that she is above him ( Thrale ) in literary attainments . She is more flippant , but he has ten times her learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a school - boy in one of the lower forms . " If this ...
... suppose that she is above him ( Thrale ) in literary attainments . She is more flippant , but he has ten times her learning : he is a regular scholar ; but her learning is that of a school - boy in one of the lower forms . " If this ...
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