Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 13
... feel older , than he wished , I suppose . Lord Halifax was now , or soon after , head of the Board of Trade , and wished to immortalise his name . - he had no sons - by colonising Nova Scotia . ANECDOTES OF CHILDHOOD . 13.
... feel older , than he wished , I suppose . Lord Halifax was now , or soon after , head of the Board of Trade , and wished to immortalise his name . - he had no sons - by colonising Nova Scotia . ANECDOTES OF CHILDHOOD . 13.
Page 15
... feel the warmest attachment to James the Second . " On this Mrs. Piozzi remarks in the margin : - - " It surprises me , because my own great - grandfather was put into the Tower , for corresponding with the Electress , by James the ...
... feel the warmest attachment to James the Second . " On this Mrs. Piozzi remarks in the margin : - - " It surprises me , because my own great - grandfather was put into the Tower , for corresponding with the Electress , by James the ...
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... feel the dire effects of tea , Nor show decay by cachexy . For if aright the future Fates I read , Immortal are the dogs their pregnant dust shall breed . " The great James Harris was no disdainer of trifles . He wrote the two comical ...
... feel the dire effects of tea , Nor show decay by cachexy . For if aright the future Fates I read , Immortal are the dogs their pregnant dust shall breed . " The great James Harris was no disdainer of trifles . He wrote the two comical ...
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... feel for you No pow'r on earth shall e'er subdue ; No pow'r on earth shall e'er remove , Nor pungent grief nor ardent love . " Sophia Streatfield too , if yet living , will bear testimony to the strange power of Doctor Arthur Collier ...
... feel for you No pow'r on earth shall e'er subdue ; No pow'r on earth shall e'er remove , Nor pungent grief nor ardent love . " Sophia Streatfield too , if yet living , will bear testimony to the strange power of Doctor Arthur Collier ...
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... feel as I ought towards your lord- ship's friendship , which you cannot prove better than by not naming the subject ; it will die away , so will the authors ; good morrow , and a thousand thanks . " My own books came out one by one ...
... feel as I ought towards your lord- ship's friendship , which you cannot prove better than by not naming the subject ; it will die away , so will the authors ; good morrow , and a thousand thanks . " My own books came out one by one ...
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