Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
Page 8
Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart ' s madness , he said , “ Another
charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . ” In
general his wigs were very shabby , and their foreparts were burned away by the
near ...
Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart ' s madness , he said , “ Another
charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . ” In
general his wigs were very shabby , and their foreparts were burned away by the
near ...
Page 12
But pray , Sir , who is the Poll you talk of ? She that ... Poll is a stupid slut ; I had
some hopes of her at first ; but when I talked to her tightly and closely , I could
make nothing of her ; she was wiggle waggle , and I could never persuade her to
be ...
But pray , Sir , who is the Poll you talk of ? She that ... Poll is a stupid slut ; I had
some hopes of her at first ; but when I talked to her tightly and closely , I could
make nothing of her ; she was wiggle waggle , and I could never persuade her to
be ...
Page 14
... remarks : “ Mrs . Thrale always appeared to me to possess at least as much
information , a mind as cultivated , and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs .
Montagu , but she did not descend among men from such an eminence , and she
talked ...
... remarks : “ Mrs . Thrale always appeared to me to possess at least as much
information , a mind as cultivated , and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs .
Montagu , but she did not descend among men from such an eminence , and she
talked ...
Page 16
... and we will talk over that subject ; ' which they did , and after dinner he took
one of them upon his knee , and fondled ... and talked of affairs of the heart as
things of which he was entitled to speak from personal experience as confidently
as of ...
... and we will talk over that subject ; ' which they did , and after dinner he took
one of them upon his knee , and fondled ... and talked of affairs of the heart as
things of which he was entitled to speak from personal experience as confidently
as of ...
Page 17
... failed of receiving dignity from the manner in which Mr . Johnson treated it , a
lady at my house said , she would make him talk about love ; and took her
measures accordingly , deriding the novels of the day because they treated about
love .
... failed of receiving dignity from the manner in which Mr . Johnson treated it , a
lady at my house said , she would make him talk about love ; and took her
measures accordingly , deriding the novels of the day because they treated about
love .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
75 cents appeared asked Bath beautiful believe Boswell brother called character Cloth conversation daughter dear Sir death delight Doctor English epigram expression fancy father feel give half hand happy head hear heard heart hope hour Italy John Johnson keep kind lady least leave less letter live London look Lord lost Madame manner married mean mind Miss mother nature never night obliged observed once passed perhaps person Piozzi pleasure poor present pretty received remember replied Salusbury says seems seen sent Sir James Fellowes soon story Streatham Street suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale tion told took true turned verses wish woman wonder write written wrote young
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |