Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 18
... admiration of the horses . Every suitor was made to understand my extraordinary value . Those who could read , were shown my verses ; those who could not , were judges of my prowess in the field . It was my sport to mimic some , and ...
... admiration of the horses . Every suitor was made to understand my extraordinary value . Those who could read , were shown my verses ; those who could not , were judges of my prowess in the field . It was my sport to mimic some , and ...
Page 20
... admiration at his giving 58 , to a poor boy who lay on the bank , because he was sure his father had been such a boy . In a week's time the country catched the notion up that Miss Salusbury's husband had been suddenly found by meeting ...
... admiration at his giving 58 , to a poor boy who lay on the bank , because he was sure his father had been such a boy . In a week's time the country catched the notion up that Miss Salusbury's husband had been suddenly found by meeting ...
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... admired how happy Mr. Thrale must be in such a wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had ...
... admired how happy Mr. Thrale must be in such a wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had ...
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... admiration of one little verse thing , that I could not forbear owning it , and am sorry that no copy has , I believe , been kept . - The little poetical trash I did write in earnest , is preserved somewhere , perhaps in " Thraliana ...
... admiration of one little verse thing , that I could not forbear owning it , and am sorry that no copy has , I believe , been kept . - The little poetical trash I did write in earnest , is preserved somewhere , perhaps in " Thraliana ...
Page 64
... admiration no less undeserved . Conjugal fidelity being a thing they had no conception of , and each concluding I kept my favours for some one else , nothing undeceived them but my strictly adhered - to resolution of never suffering a ...
... admiration no less undeserved . Conjugal fidelity being a thing they had no conception of , and each concluding I kept my favours for some one else , nothing undeceived them but my strictly adhered - to resolution of never suffering a ...
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Adieu admired amuse anecdotes Bath beautiful believe Bishop Boswell brother Brynbella Burney called character charming cries Daniel Lysons daughter dear Sir James death delight dinner Doctor Johnson epigram fancy father favourite feel gout H. L. PIOZZI happy hear heard heart honour hope husband Italy kind King Lady laugh letter live London look Lord Byron Lord Lyttelton Lutwyche Lysons marriage married Miles Peter Andrews mind Miss Thrale mother never night once Paradise Lost Penzance perhaps play poor Pope portrait praise pretty recollect remember replied Salusbury Samuel Lysons scarce sent Siddons Sir James Fellowes Sir Robert Cotton story Streatham Park suppose sure talk tell thing thought Thrale told verses virtue whilst wish wonder Wraxall write written wrote young