Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... true Story of the Lyttelton Ghost , and Anec- dotes of various Literary and Political Celebrities ยท 224 MISCELLANIES , Or Original ComPOSITIONS IN Prose and Verse 245 The Three Warnings Duty and Pleasure The Streatham Portraits 247 250 ...
... true Story of the Lyttelton Ghost , and Anec- dotes of various Literary and Political Celebrities ยท 224 MISCELLANIES , Or Original ComPOSITIONS IN Prose and Verse 245 The Three Warnings Duty and Pleasure The Streatham Portraits 247 250 ...
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... true in the main , when it is added that the inmates of his house were quarrelling from morning to night with one another , with his negro - servant , or with himself . In one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale , he says , " Williams hates ...
... true in the main , when it is added that the inmates of his house were quarrelling from morning to night with one another , with his negro - servant , or with himself . In one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale , he says , " Williams hates ...
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... true import is momentous , which cannot be intended . ' Johnson . ' It must have been written " of moments . " Of moment , is momentous ; of moments , momentary . I warrant you , however , Pope wrote this stanza , and some friend struck ...
... true import is momentous , which cannot be intended . ' Johnson . ' It must have been written " of moments . " Of moment , is momentous ; of moments , momentary . I warrant you , however , Pope wrote this stanza , and some friend struck ...
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... true a veneration for him , that the very sight of him inspires me with delight and reverence , notwithstanding the cruel infirmi- ties to which he is subject ; for he has almost perpetual convul- sive movements , either of his hands ...
... true a veneration for him , that the very sight of him inspires me with delight and reverence , notwithstanding the cruel infirmi- ties to which he is subject ; for he has almost perpetual convul- sive movements , either of his hands ...
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... true , it may help to suppress envy and promote contentment . Thrale's state of health , however , accounts for his depression , independently of his wealth , which rested on too precarious a foundation to allow of unbroken confidence ...
... true , it may help to suppress envy and promote contentment . Thrale's state of health , however , accounts for his depression , independently of his wealth , which rested on too precarious a foundation to allow of unbroken confidence ...
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