Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... leave them . ' These memoranda would no doubt form a literary curiosity . At the time the conversation took place at Bath on this interesting topic , I urged Mrs. Piozzi to write down some reminiscences of her own times , and some of ...
... leave them . ' These memoranda would no doubt form a literary curiosity . At the time the conversation took place at Bath on this interesting topic , I urged Mrs. Piozzi to write down some reminiscences of her own times , and some of ...
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... leave them to futurity . Thus far my decision is to destroy my papers . Shall I or shall I not ? ' I took the freedom of saying , ' By no means do an act which done cannot be amended ; keep your papers safe from prying eyes , and at ...
... leave them to futurity . Thus far my decision is to destroy my papers . Shall I or shall I not ? ' I took the freedom of saying , ' By no means do an act which done cannot be amended ; keep your papers safe from prying eyes , and at ...
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... leave them free at least to mortgage or to sell , or to do something towards reinstating themselves in a less unbecoming situation . โ Meanwhile I was their joint plaything , and although education was a word then unknown as applied to ...
... leave them free at least to mortgage or to sell , or to do something towards reinstating themselves in a less unbecoming situation . โ Meanwhile I was their joint plaything , and although education was a word then unknown as applied to ...
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... leave poor Fiddle 10,000l . , having understood that my parents had by their marriage settlement agreed to entail ... leaving dear Llewenney and my half - adored uncle , before the news reached London of his sudden death by an apoplectic ...
... leave poor Fiddle 10,000l . , having understood that my parents had by their marriage settlement agreed to entail ... leaving dear Llewenney and my half - adored uncle , before the news reached London of his sudden death by an apoplectic ...
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... leaving me to conciliate as I could , a husband who was indeed much kinder than I counted on , to a plain girl , who had not one attrac- tion in his eyes , and on whom he never had thrown five minutes of his time away , in any interview ...
... leaving me to conciliate as I could , a husband who was indeed much kinder than I counted on , to a plain girl , who had not one attrac- tion in his eyes , and on whom he never had thrown five minutes of his time away , in any interview ...
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