Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 10
... less unbecoming situation . โ Meanwhile I was their joint plaything , and although education was a word then unknown as applied to females , they had taught me to read and speak and think and translate from the French , till I was half ...
... less unbecoming situation . โ Meanwhile I was their joint plaything , and although education was a word then unknown as applied to females , they had taught me to read and speak and think and translate from the French , till I was half ...
Page 12
... less than two months ; make a new will , and leave poor Fiddle 10,000l . , having understood that my parents had by their marriage settlement agreed to entail the old Bachygraig Estate on Thomas Salusbury , brother to papa , and then a ...
... less than two months ; make a new will , and leave poor Fiddle 10,000l . , having understood that my parents had by their marriage settlement agreed to entail the old Bachygraig Estate on Thomas Salusbury , brother to papa , and then a ...
Page 19
... less painful . The summer before this removal had produced to me a new vexation . Lord Halifax was become lieutenant of Ireland , and my father made one of his numerous escort , delighting to attend his patron through his own country ...
... less painful . The summer before this removal had produced to me a new vexation . Lord Halifax was become lieutenant of Ireland , and my father made one of his numerous escort , delighting to attend his patron through his own country ...
Page 20
... less than Mr. Thrale's behaviour : vain my pro- mises that no step on my part should be taken with- out his concurrence ; although I clearly understood , and wrote Dr , Collier word so , that my uncle made . this marriage the condition ...
... less than Mr. Thrale's behaviour : vain my pro- mises that no step on my part should be taken with- out his concurrence ; although I clearly understood , and wrote Dr , Collier word so , that my uncle made . this marriage the condition ...
Page 24
... less come near me ; whose place he said was either in the drawing - room or the bed - chamber . We kept , meantime , a famous pack of fox - hounds , at a hunting box near Croydon ; but it was masculine for ladies to ride , & c . We kept ...
... less come near me ; whose place he said was either in the drawing - room or the bed - chamber . We kept , meantime , a famous pack of fox - hounds , at a hunting box near Croydon ; but it was masculine for ladies to ride , & c . We kept ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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