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Page 19
As I went into his room the morning of my birthday once and said to him , “
Nobody sends me any verses now , because I am five - and - thirty years old ;
and Stella was fed with them till forty - six , I remember . My being just recovered
from ...
As I went into his room the morning of my birthday once and said to him , “
Nobody sends me any verses now , because I am five - and - thirty years old ;
and Stella was fed with them till forty - six , I remember . My being just recovered
from ...
Page 51
Swift was also fond " I remember , Sir , when we were travelling in Wales , how
you called me to account for my civility to the people ; ' Madam , you said , “ let me
have no more of this idle commendation of nothing . Why is it , that whatever ...
Swift was also fond " I remember , Sir , when we were travelling in Wales , how
you called me to account for my civility to the people ; ' Madam , you said , “ let me
have no more of this idle commendation of nothing . Why is it , that whatever ...
Page 78
... Piozzi says , “ I remember Lady Keith , then ten years old , was the most
amused of any of the party . ” She was born in September , 1764 . the excellence
of her understanding , and the kindness of 78 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS .
PIOZZI .
... Piozzi says , “ I remember Lady Keith , then ten years old , was the most
amused of any of the party . ” She was born in September , 1764 . the excellence
of her understanding , and the kindness of 78 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS .
PIOZZI .
Page 83
But I remember when Lady Egremont raised the whole nation ' s illwill here ,
while the Saxons were wondering how Count Bruhle. the excellence of her
understanding , and the kindness of her heart . Her journals and note - books ,
carefully ...
But I remember when Lady Egremont raised the whole nation ' s illwill here ,
while the Saxons were wondering how Count Bruhle. the excellence of her
understanding , and the kindness of her heart . Her journals and note - books ,
carefully ...
Page 117
Yet a certain set of expressions are so necessary to please the diurnal readers ,
that when Johnson and I drew up an advertisement for charity once , I remember
the people altered our expressions and substituted their own , with good effect ...
Yet a certain set of expressions are so necessary to please the diurnal readers ,
that when Johnson and I drew up an advertisement for charity once , I remember
the people altered our expressions and substituted their own , with good effect ...
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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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