Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 18
... give a heart away which he held completely in his hands , since he kindly became my preceptor in Latin , logic , rhetoric , & c . We began , I think , before I was thirteen years old . On the day I was sixteen he confessed sixty - four ...
... give a heart away which he held completely in his hands , since he kindly became my preceptor in Latin , logic , rhetoric , & c . We began , I think , before I was thirteen years old . On the day I was sixteen he confessed sixty - four ...
Page 31
... give some account of my- self here in these few little sheets prefixed to my Journey thro ' Italy , ' you must kindly accept The Abridgment . " " ( The first pages of the manuscript are occupied by an account of her family and early ...
... give some account of my- self here in these few little sheets prefixed to my Journey thro ' Italy , ' you must kindly accept The Abridgment . " " ( The first pages of the manuscript are occupied by an account of her family and early ...
Page 46
... give him in our moments of uneasiness when I became possessed of it by Sir Thomas Salusbury's death , from whom we had once expected Offley Place in Hertfordshire , and all its wide domain . Notwithstanding that disappointment , my ...
... give him in our moments of uneasiness when I became possessed of it by Sir Thomas Salusbury's death , from whom we had once expected Offley Place in Hertfordshire , and all its wide domain . Notwithstanding that disappointment , my ...
Page 49
... give that lady a lesson or two whilst at Brighton , that she might not be losing her time . He replied , coldly , that he was come thither himself merely to recover his voice , which he feared was wholly lost ; that he was composing ...
... give that lady a lesson or two whilst at Brighton , that she might not be losing her time . He replied , coldly , that he was come thither himself merely to recover his voice , which he feared was wholly lost ; that he was composing ...
Page 57
... give him when he was a student at Cambridge , and your little friend just born . This debt , however , not having been cancelled , stood against me as heiress . I had been forced to borrow from the ladies ; and Mr. Crutchley , when I ...
... give him when he was a student at Cambridge , and your little friend just born . This debt , however , not having been cancelled , stood against me as heiress . I had been forced to borrow from the ladies ; and Mr. Crutchley , when I ...
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