Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Miss Cotton , of Etwall and Belleport , by whom he had many children , among which two only were favourites at Lleweney . An invitation followed , and we came to the Old Hall hung round with ar- mour , which struck my infant eyes with ...
... Miss Cotton , of Etwall and Belleport , by whom he had many children , among which two only were favourites at Lleweney . An invitation followed , and we came to the Old Hall hung round with ar- mour , which struck my infant eyes with ...
Page 22
... Thrale deigned to accept my undesired hand , and in ten months from my poor father's death , were both the marriages he feared accomplished . My uncle went himself with me to church , gave me away , dined with us at Streatham Park ...
... Thrale deigned to accept my undesired hand , and in ten months from my poor father's death , were both the marriages he feared accomplished . My uncle went himself with me to church , gave me away , dined with us at Streatham Park ...
Page 23
... Thrale's friends must necessarily be mine . The ladies withdrew , disap- pointed , and I tried with all diligence to canvass the man whom they thought , and of course I thought , had * It was told of him that he challenged his son , the ...
... Thrale's friends must necessarily be mine . The ladies withdrew , disap- pointed , and I tried with all diligence to canvass the man whom they thought , and of course I thought , had * It was told of him that he challenged his son , the ...
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... Miss Streatfield's acquaint- ance . I had learned from others that he dropped into her hands soon as dismissed from mine ; and that he gained rather than lost by the exchange , had long been my secret consolation . She was but fourteen ...
... Miss Streatfield's acquaint- ance . I had learned from others that he dropped into her hands soon as dismissed from mine ; and that he gained rather than lost by the exchange , had long been my secret consolation . She was but fourteen ...
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... Thrale , whose good opinion , assailed vainly by Baretti , it was my business and my bounden duty to retain . Miss Thrale , now Lady Keith , was in this case my coadjutor ; though she had acted in concert with Baretti , she abhorred ...
... Thrale , whose good opinion , assailed vainly by Baretti , it was my business and my bounden duty to retain . Miss Thrale , now Lady Keith , was in this case my coadjutor ; though she had acted in concert with Baretti , she abhorred ...
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