Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... things of which he was entitled to speak from per- sonal experience as confidently as of any other moral or social topics . He told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption , or what Mr. Square would term the ...
... things of which he was entitled to speak from per- sonal experience as confidently as of any other moral or social topics . He told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption , or what Mr. Square would term the ...
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... thing in which they could take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's adroitness in escaping from the dilemma : " As we had been saying one day that no subject failed of receiving dignity from the manner in which ...
... thing in which they could take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's adroitness in escaping from the dilemma : " As we had been saying one day that no subject failed of receiving dignity from the manner in which ...
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... thing that we cannot wish young ladies well , without wishing them to become old women . ' " Madame D'Arblay's memoirs are sadly defaced by egotism , and gratified vanity may have had a good deal to do with her unqualified admiration of ...
... thing that we cannot wish young ladies well , without wishing them to become old women . ' " Madame D'Arblay's memoirs are sadly defaced by egotism , and gratified vanity may have had a good deal to do with her unqualified admiration of ...
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... thing in the world to produce broken limbs and death . ” The drawbacks on his gratification and on that of his fellow- travellers were his physical defects , and his utter insensibility to the beauty of nature , as well as to the fine ...
... thing in the world to produce broken limbs and death . ” The drawbacks on his gratification and on that of his fellow- travellers were his physical defects , and his utter insensibility to the beauty of nature , as well as to the fine ...
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... thing lost . 99 On the way to Holywell he sets down : " Talk with mistress about flattery ; on which she notes : " He said I flattered the people to whose houses we went : I was saucy and said I was obliged to be civil for two , meaning ...
... thing lost . 99 On the way to Holywell he sets down : " Talk with mistress about flattery ; on which she notes : " He said I flattered the people to whose houses we went : I was saucy and said I was obliged to be civil for two , meaning ...
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