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The esteem which his good conduct procured him from the nobleman who had
married his master ' s daughter , made him be treated with much attention ; and
his son , both at school and at the University of Oxford , associated with young
men ...
The esteem which his good conduct procured him from the nobleman who had
married his master ' s daughter , made him be treated with much attention ; and
his son , both at school and at the University of Oxford , associated with young
men ...
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Old Thrale , however , as these fine writers call him , — then a young fellow , and
, like his uncle , eminent for personal beauty , - made himself so useful to Mr .
Halsey that the weight of the business fell entirely on him ; and while Edmund
was ...
Old Thrale , however , as these fine writers call him , — then a young fellow , and
, like his uncle , eminent for personal beauty , - made himself so useful to Mr .
Halsey that the weight of the business fell entirely on him ; and while Edmund
was ...
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... I suppose , who was thus a kind of tutor to the young man , who had not failed
to profit by these advantages , and who was , when he came down to Offley to
see his father ' s birthplace , a very handsome and well - accomplished
gentleman .
... I suppose , who was thus a kind of tutor to the young man , who had not failed
to profit by these advantages , and who was , when he came down to Offley to
see his father ' s birthplace , a very handsome and well - accomplished
gentleman .
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Dr . Maxwell relates in his “ Collectanea , ” that “ Two young women from
Staffordshire visited him when I was present , to consult him on the subject of
Methodism , to which they were inclined . Come , ' said he , ' you pretty fools ,
dine with ...
Dr . Maxwell relates in his “ Collectanea , ” that “ Two young women from
Staffordshire visited him when I was present , to consult him on the subject of
Methodism , to which they were inclined . Come , ' said he , ' you pretty fools ,
dine with ...
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... match on both sides ; and Garrick used to draw ludicrous pictures of their
mutual fondness , which he heightened by representing her as short , fat ,
tawdrily dressed , and highly rouged . One of Rochefoucauld ' s maxims is : “
Young women ...
... match on both sides ; and Garrick used to draw ludicrous pictures of their
mutual fondness , which he heightened by representing her as short , fat ,
tawdrily dressed , and highly rouged . One of Rochefoucauld ' s maxims is : “
Young women ...
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| 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 |
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