Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... thought of burning , is now in the possession of Mr. Salusbury , who deems it of too private and delicate a character to be submitted to strangers , but has kindly supplied me with some curious passages and much valuable information ...
... thought of burning , is now in the possession of Mr. Salusbury , who deems it of too private and delicate a character to be submitted to strangers , but has kindly supplied me with some curious passages and much valuable information ...
Page 4
... thought advisable to recapitulate , by way of introduction , what has been ascertained from other sources concerning her : especially during her intimacy with Johnson , which lasted nearly twenty years , and exercised a marked influence ...
... thought advisable to recapitulate , by way of introduction , what has been ascertained from other sources concerning her : especially during her intimacy with Johnson , which lasted nearly twenty years , and exercised a marked influence ...
Page 14
... thought the other alone worthy to be her peer . Openly therefore when they met , they combated for precedence of admiration , with placid though high - strained intellectual exertion on the one side , and an exuberant pleasantry or ...
... thought the other alone worthy to be her peer . Openly therefore when they met , they combated for precedence of admiration , with placid though high - strained intellectual exertion on the one side , and an exuberant pleasantry or ...
Page 15
... thought a printer's devil was a creature with a black face and in rags . ' Johnson . ' Yes , Sir . But I suppose he had her face washed , and put clean clothes on her . ' Then , looking very serious , and very earnest . ' And she did ...
... thought a printer's devil was a creature with a black face and in rags . ' Johnson . ' Yes , Sir . But I suppose he had her face washed , and put clean clothes on her . ' Then , looking very serious , and very earnest . ' And she did ...
Page 16
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. etable : " I have often thought that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton , I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances . I would have no silks : you cannot tell ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. etable : " I have often thought that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton , I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances . I would have no silks : you cannot tell ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
50 cents 75 cents Adbury Adieu admiration Anecdotes Baretti Bath beautiful believe Boswell brother Brynbella Burney called character charming Cloth conversation cried daughter dear Sir James death delight dinner Doctor Johnson fancy father feel give H. L. P. To Sir H. L. PIOZZI happy hear heard heart HESTER LYNCH PIOZZI honor hope husband Italy kind lady laugh letter live London look Lord Lord Gwydir Lord Macaulay Lutwyches Lysons Madame Madame D'Arblay marriage married mind Miss Thrale mother never night obliged once Penzance perhaps pleasure POEMS poor portrait praise pretty recollect remember replied Samuel Lysons says Sir James Fellowes Sir John Salusbury soon Southwark story Streatham Park sure Synonymy talk tell thing thought Thraliana tion told verses whilst wish woman wonder word Wraxall write written wrote young