Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Penzance , 1st Sept. 1820 . " " Tis long indeed since female profligacy was ap- pointed the scourge of Britain ; and that it should be applauded by the multitude , fills me with serious ap- prehensions . When and where will the painful ...
... Penzance , 1st Sept. 1820 . " " Tis long indeed since female profligacy was ap- pointed the scourge of Britain ; and that it should be applauded by the multitude , fills me with serious ap- prehensions . When and where will the painful ...
Page 455
... Penzance , 12th August , 1820 . " How happy is the blameless vestal's lot , The world forgetting , by the world forgot ! says old H. L. Piozzi at eighty - one , and dear Sir James Fellowes , as he well may , laughing at her ; but any ...
... Penzance , 12th August , 1820 . " How happy is the blameless vestal's lot , The world forgetting , by the world forgot ! says old H. L. Piozzi at eighty - one , and dear Sir James Fellowes , as he well may , laughing at her ; but any ...
Page 456
... Penzance . " To Miss Willoughby . Penzance , Fryday , 25th August , 1820 . DOCTOR JOHNSON said that after the full flow of London conversation , every place was a blank ; I won- der what he would have thought of dull Penzance ? We had a ...
... Penzance . " To Miss Willoughby . Penzance , Fryday , 25th August , 1820 . DOCTOR JOHNSON said that after the full flow of London conversation , every place was a blank ; I won- der what he would have thought of dull Penzance ? We had a ...
Page 457
... Penzance , 23rd Sept. 1820 , MEANWHILE , here am I at Penzance . " Ay , " says the fool , in Shakespear's " As You Like It , " " here am I in the Forest of Ardennes , thou fool I. " But ' tis plain my fancy was not guided by his , who ...
... Penzance , 23rd Sept. 1820 , MEANWHILE , here am I at Penzance . " Ay , " says the fool , in Shakespear's " As You Like It , " " here am I in the Forest of Ardennes , thou fool I. " But ' tis plain my fancy was not guided by his , who ...
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... Penzance . A lady said here the other day , that she went to Taunton last year , to see skaiting - a diversion she had often heard of , and that she was gratified du- ring her absence from home with a heavy fall of snow . I rather fancy ...
... Penzance . A lady said here the other day , that she went to Taunton last year , to see skaiting - a diversion she had often heard of , and that she was gratified du- ring her absence from home with a heavy fall of snow . I rather fancy ...
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