Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Lord Egmont , and Mary Pennant of Downing , great aunt to the great naturalist . My mother claimed Hester Salusbury , heiress of Lleweney Hall , as one of her grandmothers by marriage with Sir Robert Cotton ; Vere Herbert , only ...
... Lord Egmont , and Mary Pennant of Downing , great aunt to the great naturalist . My mother claimed Hester Salusbury , heiress of Lleweney Hall , as one of her grandmothers by marriage with Sir Robert Cotton ; Vere Herbert , only ...
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... Lord Kirkwall's father . * But it will bring matters nearer home to tell you that my mother , who had 10,000l . , an ... Lord Kirkwall sold the property to the Rev. Edward Hughes , whose son , William Lewis Hughes , the present possessor ...
... Lord Kirkwall's father . * But it will bring matters nearer home to tell you that my mother , who had 10,000l . , an ... Lord Kirkwall sold the property to the Rev. Edward Hughes , whose son , William Lewis Hughes , the present possessor ...
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... Lord Halifax , & c . , would be delighted could they but see little Hester . My mother , however , thought it would be best to conciliate her own relations , and made me , I know not at how early an age , write a letter to my uncle ...
... Lord Halifax , & c . , would be delighted could they but see little Hester . My mother , however , thought it would be best to conciliate her own relations , and made me , I know not at how early an age , write a letter to my uncle ...
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... Lord Berwick's family , -and David Garrick was there , and made me sit on his lap , feeding me with cates , & c .; because having asked some one who sate near why they called those things that blew up , Gerbes in the bill of fare , I ...
... Lord Berwick's family , -and David Garrick was there , and made me sit on his lap , feeding me with cates , & c .; because having asked some one who sate near why they called those things that blew up , Gerbes in the bill of fare , I ...
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... Lord Torrington her mother's brother , by Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton for his son Thomas , the child he educated himself in the Tower of London , when confined there on account of his correspondence with the Electress Sophia . * * Sir ...
... Lord Torrington her mother's brother , by Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton for his son Thomas , the child he educated himself in the Tower of London , when confined there on account of his correspondence with the Electress Sophia . * * Sir ...
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