Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... believe , cer- tainly sine nummo , with her odd little charge , a girl without a guinea , whose mind however she ceased not to cultivate in every possible manner . For French , writing , and arithmetic , I had no instructor but herself ...
... believe , cer- tainly sine nummo , with her odd little charge , a girl without a guinea , whose mind however she ceased not to cultivate in every possible manner . For French , writing , and arithmetic , I had no instructor but herself ...
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... believe , been kept . The little poetical trash I did write in earnest , is preserved somewhere , perhaps in " Thraliana , " which I promised to Mrs. Mostyn : perhaps in a small repository I prepared for dear Salusbury , before our ...
... believe , been kept . The little poetical trash I did write in earnest , is preserved somewhere , perhaps in " Thraliana , " which I promised to Mrs. Mostyn : perhaps in a small repository I prepared for dear Salusbury , before our ...
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... believe , ever obtained that honour . Mr. Dance's picture of our friend David lives in a copy now in Oxford St. , the character King Richard . " VOL . II . D - FRAGMENTS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY . [ THE following fragments of autobiography A ...
... believe , ever obtained that honour . Mr. Dance's picture of our friend David lives in a copy now in Oxford St. , the character King Richard . " VOL . II . D - FRAGMENTS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY . [ THE following fragments of autobiography A ...
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... believe , my servant Sam opened the drawing - room door with un air effaré , saying : " My master is come home , but there is something amiss . " I started up , and saw a tall black female figure , who cried , " Don't go into the ...
... believe , my servant Sam opened the drawing - room door with un air effaré , saying : " My master is come home , but there is something amiss . " I started up , and saw a tall black female figure , who cried , " Don't go into the ...
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... believe : only Mrs. Nesbitt said she thought he was delirious ; and from her companion I learned that he had dined at their house , had seen the will opened , and had dropped as if lifeless from the dinner - table ; when , instead of ...
... believe : only Mrs. Nesbitt said she thought he was delirious ; and from her companion I learned that he had dined at their house , had seen the will opened , and had dropped as if lifeless from the dinner - table ; when , instead of ...
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