Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... heart daily more and more attached to my father's brother , Doctor Thomas Salusbury , of the commons . My resemblance to my papa's whole family fixed me a favourite . My mother thought herself ill - used by them , and so in fact she was ...
... heart daily more and more attached to my father's brother , Doctor Thomas Salusbury , of the commons . My resemblance to my papa's whole family fixed me a favourite . My mother thought herself ill - used by them , and so in fact she was ...
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... 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 , I ...
... 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 , I ...
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... day Mr. Thrale fol- lowed his eulogist , and applied himself so diligently to gain my mother's attention aye , and her heart , too , that there was little doubt of her approving the pre- c 2 DR . COLLIER 19 THRALE .
... day Mr. Thrale fol- lowed his eulogist , and applied himself so diligently to gain my mother's attention aye , and her heart , too , that there was little doubt of her approving the pre- c 2 DR . COLLIER 19 THRALE .
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... heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had , as the clerks informed me , all in a breath , com- plete possession of it . He had long practised ...
... heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had , as the clerks informed me , all in a breath , com- plete possession of it . He had long practised ...
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... heart prepared to shut itself quite up , convinced there existed not a human creature who cared one atom for poor H. L. P. now she had no longer money to be robbed of . That disinterested kindness does exist , however , my treatment ...
... heart prepared to shut itself quite up , convinced there existed not a human creature who cared one atom for poor H. L. P. now she had no longer money to be robbed of . That disinterested kindness does exist , however , my treatment ...
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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