Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... once in a mixt company that few men of ever so good a family could recollect , imme- diately on being challenged , the maiden names of their four great grandmothers : they were not Welsh men . My father's two grandames were Bridget ...
... once in a mixt company that few men of ever so good a family could recollect , imme- diately on being challenged , the maiden names of their four great grandmothers : they were not Welsh men . My father's two grandames were Bridget ...
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... once in Park Street ( Bath ) , having undisclosed hopes of his own to get the heiress , not only took alarm , but cunningly conveyed that alarm to my father , who , when he came home , said he saw his girl already half disposed of ...
... once in Park Street ( Bath ) , having undisclosed hopes of his own to get the heiress , not only took alarm , but cunningly conveyed that alarm to my father , who , when he came home , said he saw his girl already half disposed of ...
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... once , before her face , who deeply did resent it , that I lived like my husband's kept mis- tress , shut from the world , its pleasures , or its cares . Fox - hounds were - The scene was soon to change . sold , and a seat in Parliament ...
... once , before her face , who deeply did resent it , that I lived like my husband's kept mis- tress , shut from the world , its pleasures , or its cares . Fox - hounds were - The scene was soon to change . sold , and a seat in Parliament ...
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... once ' t was many years ago asked me to lend her a book out of my library at Streatham Park . A book of entertainment , ' said I , of course . ' " That I don't know or rightly comprehend , ' was her odd answer ; ' I wish for an ...
... once ' t was many years ago asked me to lend her a book out of my library at Streatham Park . A book of entertainment , ' said I , of course . ' " That I don't know or rightly comprehend , ' was her odd answer ; ' I wish for an ...
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... once at Motley . -- Yet did dear Mr. Conway's fancy for H. L. P.'s con- versation grow up , at first , out of something not unlike this , when , his high - polished mind and fervid imagina- tion taking fire from the tall Beacon bearing ...
... once at Motley . -- Yet did dear Mr. Conway's fancy for H. L. P.'s con- versation grow up , at first , out of something not unlike this , when , his high - polished mind and fervid imagina- tion taking fire from the tall Beacon bearing ...
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