Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... tion of new men in attempting to found a new system of gentility , Boswell proceeds : " Mr. Thrale had married Miss Hester Lynch Salusbury , of good Welsh extraction , a lady of lively talents , improved by education . That Johnson's ...
... tion of new men in attempting to found a new system of gentility , Boswell proceeds : " Mr. Thrale had married Miss Hester Lynch Salusbury , of good Welsh extraction , a lady of lively talents , improved by education . That Johnson's ...
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... tion of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well- proportioned , and stately . As for Madam , or My Mistress , by which epithets Johnson used to mention Mrs. Thrale , she was short , plump , and brisk . ” " He should have ...
... tion of the figures of this couple . Mr. Thrale was tall , well- proportioned , and stately . As for Madam , or My Mistress , by which epithets Johnson used to mention Mrs. Thrale , she was short , plump , and brisk . ” " He should have ...
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... a dead yellow color into her complexion , quite unlike that of her natural skin , and that she wished to conceal the deformity . " - Piozziana . tion , for this work ) will be found in 24 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... a dead yellow color into her complexion , quite unlike that of her natural skin , and that she wished to conceal the deformity . " - Piozziana . tion , for this work ) will be found in 24 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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... tion ; and found , at an elegant villa , six miles from town , every circumstance that can make society pleasing . Johnson , though quite at home , was yet looked up to with an awe , tempered by affection , and seemed to be equally the ...
... tion ; and found , at an elegant villa , six miles from town , every circumstance that can make society pleasing . Johnson , though quite at home , was yet looked up to with an awe , tempered by affection , and seemed to be equally the ...
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... tion that My Mistress , not My Master , was the presiding genius of the place . - " London , August ( 1778 ) . · I have now to write an account of the most consequential day I have spent since my birth : namely , my Streatham visit ...
... tion that My Mistress , not My Master , was the presiding genius of the place . - " London , August ( 1778 ) . · I have now to write an account of the most consequential day I have spent since my birth : namely , my Streatham visit ...
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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