Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Italy 63 Minor Marginal Notes on the Two Volumes of Printed Letters 75 Marginal Notes on Wraxall's " Historical Memoirs of My Own Time " 89 • Marginal Notes on Boswell's Life of Johnson 123 Marginal Notes on Johnson's Lives of the Poets ...
... Italy 63 Minor Marginal Notes on the Two Volumes of Printed Letters 75 Marginal Notes on Wraxall's " Historical Memoirs of My Own Time " 89 • Marginal Notes on Boswell's Life of Johnson 123 Marginal Notes on Johnson's Lives of the Poets ...
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... Italian , and even Spanish , in all which she was conversant . Study was my delight , and such a patroness would have made stones students . The Lisbon earthquake had impressed her strongly ; and my mother , who was particularly fond of ...
... Italian , and even Spanish , in all which she was conversant . Study was my delight , and such a patroness would have made stones students . The Lisbon earthquake had impressed her strongly ; and my mother , who was particularly fond of ...
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... Italy , ' you must kindly accept The Abridgment . " " ( The first pages of the manuscript are occupied by an account of her family and early life , substan- tially the same as that in the " Autobiographical Memoirs . " ) " My heart was ...
... Italy , ' you must kindly accept The Abridgment . " " ( The first pages of the manuscript are occupied by an account of her family and early life , substan- tially the same as that in the " Autobiographical Memoirs . " ) " My heart was ...
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... Italy , and was the more perhaps shocked and amazed when , sitting after dinner with Lady Keith and Doctor Burney and his daughter , I believe , my servant Sam opened the drawing - room door with un air effaré , saying : " My master is ...
... Italy , and was the more perhaps shocked and amazed when , sitting after dinner with Lady Keith and Doctor Burney and his daughter , I believe , my servant Sam opened the drawing - room door with un air effaré , saying : " My master is ...
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... Italian , and asked him if he would like to give that lady a lesson or two whilst at Brighton , that she might not be losing her time . He replied , coldly , that he was come thither himself merely to recover his voice , which he feared ...
... Italian , and asked him if he would like to give that lady a lesson or two whilst at Brighton , that she might not be losing her time . He replied , coldly , that he was come thither himself merely to recover his voice , which he feared ...
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