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But in spite of her murmurs and reproaches , he gave an asylum to another lady who was as poor as herself , Mrs. Desmoulins , whose family he had known many years before in Staffordshire . Room was found for the daughter of Mrs.
But in spite of her murmurs and reproaches , he gave an asylum to another lady who was as poor as herself , Mrs. Desmoulins , whose family he had known many years before in Staffordshire . Room was found for the daughter of Mrs.
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... throwing an adversary into irretrievable confusion by an arrogant expression of contempt , the late Mr. Charles Butler asked the relator , an eyewitness , whether the House did not laugh at the ridiculous figure of the poor member .
... throwing an adversary into irretrievable confusion by an arrogant expression of contempt , the late Mr. Charles Butler asked the relator , an eyewitness , whether the House did not laugh at the ridiculous figure of the poor member .
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Poor David ! ' Nay , my dear lady , this will never do . Smile with the simple ! what folly is that ? And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No , no ; let me smile with the wise , and feed with the rich .
Poor David ! ' Nay , my dear lady , this will never do . Smile with the simple ! what folly is that ? And who would feed with the poor that can help it ? No , no ; let me smile with the wise , and feed with the rich .
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... can be spared from the poor dear lady ( her mother ) , yet I shall see you and hear you every now and then ; and to see and hear you , is always to hear wit and to see virtue . " - He would not suffer her to be lightly spoken of in ...
... can be spared from the poor dear lady ( her mother ) , yet I shall see you and hear you every now and then ; and to see and hear you , is always to hear wit and to see virtue . " - He would not suffer her to be lightly spoken of in ...
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The last letters from abroad have brought us an account that our poor cousin's head was taken off by a cannon - ball . ' Johnson , who was shocked both at the fact and her light , unfeeling manner of mentioning it , replied , ' Madam ...
The last letters from abroad have brought us an account that our poor cousin's head was taken off by a cannon - ball . ' Johnson , who was shocked both at the fact and her light , unfeeling manner of mentioning it , replied , ' Madam ...
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| Title | Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 Women of letters |
| Author | Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Editor | Abraham Hayward |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| ISBN | 0827437900, 9780827437906 |
| Length | 531 pages |
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