Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 26
... appears in Doctor Johnson's forty - eighth letter , 1st vol . But God tempers every evil with some good . Such was my charming mother's firmness and such her fond attachment to us both , that our philosophical friend , embracing her ...
... appears in Doctor Johnson's forty - eighth letter , 1st vol . But God tempers every evil with some good . Such was my charming mother's firmness and such her fond attachment to us both , that our philosophical friend , embracing her ...
Page 38
... appear wise , or predicting his friend's cer- tainly accelerated dissolution . Death of the baby boy I carried in my bosom , was the natural consequence of the scene described here ; but I continued to carry him till a quarrel among 38 ...
... appear wise , or predicting his friend's cer- tainly accelerated dissolution . Death of the baby boy I carried in my bosom , was the natural consequence of the scene described here ; but I continued to carry him till a quarrel among 38 ...
Page 63
... appear in his country in no other character than that of his wife ; that I would preserve my religious opinions inviolate at Milan , as he did his at London ; and that all would go on , to use his own phrase , all ' ottima perfezzione ...
... appear in his country in no other character than that of his wife ; that I would preserve my religious opinions inviolate at Milan , as he did his at London ; and that all would go on , to use his own phrase , all ' ottima perfezzione ...
Page 72
... appear'd , And blessings all around Him spread , Though still by radiant myriads fear'd , He chose the poor , the lowly shed . And sure before He comes again In awful state to judge the world ; Resounding choirs though He disdain ...
... appear'd , And blessings all around Him spread , Though still by radiant myriads fear'd , He chose the poor , the lowly shed . And sure before He comes again In awful state to judge the world ; Resounding choirs though He disdain ...
Page 114
... appears ; and the curious epitaph made on himself , and as we long believed , by himself , was , I am in- formed , borrowed without acknowledgment , from one upon Jacob Tonson , to whom it was more appropriate , comparing himself to an ...
... appears ; and the curious epitaph made on himself , and as we long believed , by himself , was , I am in- formed , borrowed without acknowledgment , from one upon Jacob Tonson , to whom it was more appropriate , comparing himself to an ...
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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