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Page 15
He left off attending the Green Room , telling Garrick , “ I ' ll come no more behind
your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses
excite my amorous propensities . ” The proneness of his imagination to wander in
...
He left off attending the Green Room , telling Garrick , “ I ' ll come no more behind
your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses
excite my amorous propensities . ” The proneness of his imagination to wander in
...
Page 21
In a letter to Mrs . Thrale of August 14th , 1780 , Johnson writes : “ If you try to
plague me , I shall tell you that , according to Galen , life begins to decline at thirty
- five . " This gives Mr . Croker a pretext for returning to the topic : “. * Macaulay ' s
...
In a letter to Mrs . Thrale of August 14th , 1780 , Johnson writes : “ If you try to
plague me , I shall tell you that , according to Galen , life begins to decline at thirty
- five . " This gives Mr . Croker a pretext for returning to the topic : “. * Macaulay ' s
...
Page 26
he repeated this sally to Garrick , and wondered to find his sensibility as a writer
not a little irritated by it ; on which Mrs . Thrale remarks , “ How odd to go and tell
the man ! ” The independent tone she took when she deemed the Doctor ...
he repeated this sally to Garrick , and wondered to find his sensibility as a writer
not a little irritated by it ; on which Mrs . Thrale remarks , “ How odd to go and tell
the man ! ” The independent tone she took when she deemed the Doctor ...
Page 27
Would you tell your friend , to make him unhappy ? ' Johnson . " Perhaps , Sir , I
should not ; but that would be from prudence on my own account . A man would
tell his father . ' Boswell . " Yes ; because he would not have spurious children to
...
Would you tell your friend , to make him unhappy ? ' Johnson . " Perhaps , Sir , I
should not ; but that would be from prudence on my own account . A man would
tell his father . ' Boswell . " Yes ; because he would not have spurious children to
...
Page 38
Sir , Miss Burney wonders at your patience with such stuff ; but I tell her you are
used to me , for I believe I torment you with more foolish questions than anybody
else dares do . ' “ No , Madam , ' said he , ' you don ' t torment me ; — you tease ...
Sir , Miss Burney wonders at your patience with such stuff ; but I tell her you are
used to me , for I believe I torment you with more foolish questions than anybody
else dares do . ' “ No , Madam , ' said he , ' you don ' t torment me ; — you tease ...
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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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