Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... half . The first entry is in these words : " It is many years since Doctor Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book and write in it all the little anecdotes which might come to my knowledge , all the observations I might make or ...
... half . The first entry is in these words : " It is many years since Doctor Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book and write in it all the little anecdotes which might come to my knowledge , all the observations I might make or ...
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... half a prodigy * ; and my father's brother Thomas , who was bred up for the ecclesiastical courts with poor papa's money , and who lived in London among the gay and great , said how his friends the Duke of Leeds , Lord Halifax , & c ...
... half a prodigy * ; and my father's brother Thomas , who was bred up for the ecclesiastical courts with poor papa's money , and who lived in London among the gay and great , said how his friends the Duke of Leeds , Lord Halifax , & c ...
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... half - adored uncle , before the news reached London of his sudden death by an apoplectic fit ; in consequence of which , his brother , Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton , came into everything by a temporary will kept in case of acci- dents ...
... half - adored uncle , before the news reached London of his sudden death by an apoplectic fit ; in consequence of which , his brother , Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton , came into everything by a temporary will kept in case of acci- dents ...
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... half disposed of without his own consent , and swore I should not be exchanged for a barrel of porter , & c . Vain were all my assurances that nothing resembled love less than Mr. Thrale's behaviour : vain my pro- mises that no step on ...
... half disposed of without his own consent , and swore I should not be exchanged for a barrel of porter , & c . Vain were all my assurances that nothing resembled love less than Mr. Thrale's behaviour : vain my pro- mises that no step on ...
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... half up stairs , said : " I understand you , Madam , but must disobey . A friend I have known thirty - six years shall not ask a favour of me in his last stage of life and be refused . What difference can it make ? " Tears stood in his ...
... half up stairs , said : " I understand you , Madam , but must disobey . A friend I have known thirty - six years shall not ask a favour of me in his last stage of life and be refused . What difference can it make ? " Tears stood in his ...
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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