Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Letters to the Rev. Daniel Lysons and S. Lysons , Esq . . 217 Letters to Dr. Robert Gray 248 Miss Wynne's Commonplace Book 276 Miscellaneous Letters , principally to Sir James Fellowes 285 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS VOL . II . 26 B 1 ...
... Letters to the Rev. Daniel Lysons and S. Lysons , Esq . . 217 Letters to Dr. Robert Gray 248 Miss Wynne's Commonplace Book 276 Miscellaneous Letters , principally to Sir James Fellowes 285 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS VOL . II . 26 B 1 ...
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... letter to my uncle Robert who had lately lost Lady Betty . The scheme prospered : grandmamma Salusbury * There is a tradition in the Cotton family that she could re- peat the names of most of the rivers in the world , but when asked the ...
... letter to my uncle Robert who had lately lost Lady Betty . The scheme prospered : grandmamma Salusbury * There is a tradition in the Cotton family that she could re- peat the names of most of the rivers in the world , but when asked the ...
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... letter , begged him to return and share the gaieties of Offley Place , mentioned in " Retrospection , " vol . i . p . 213 : likewise , if I remember rightly , in the Travel Book ( vol . ii . ) , where I recollect the plains of Kalin ...
... letter , begged him to return and share the gaieties of Offley Place , mentioned in " Retrospection , " vol . i . p . 213 : likewise , if I remember rightly , in the Travel Book ( vol . ii . ) , where I recollect the plains of Kalin ...
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... letter , perhaps , still exists in which I declared my resolution to adhere to the maxims of filial duty he had taught me , and refuse ( when I should be asked ) any offer , however tempting , that should seek to seduce me from his ...
... letter , perhaps , still exists in which I declared my resolution to adhere to the maxims of filial duty he had taught me , and refuse ( when I should be asked ) any offer , however tempting , that should seek to seduce me from his ...
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... letter , 1st vol . But God tempers every evil with some good . Such was my charming mother's firmness and such her fond attachment to us both , that our philosophical friend , embracing her , ex- claimed , that he was equally charmed by ...
... letter , 1st vol . But God tempers every evil with some good . Such was my charming mother's firmness and such her fond attachment to us both , that our philosophical friend , embracing her , ex- claimed , that he was equally charmed by ...
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