Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... possessed of dear old Bachygraig , while Sir John Salusbury's family soon finished in a daughter Hester , who , marrying Sir Robert Cotton of Combermere , gave him , and all her progeny by him , the name of Salusbury Cotton . She was ...
... possessed of dear old Bachygraig , while Sir John Salusbury's family soon finished in a daughter Hester , who , marrying Sir Robert Cotton of Combermere , gave him , and all her progeny by him , the name of Salusbury Cotton . She was ...
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... possessed an immense fortune in Jamaica ; but being left an orphan at five years old , was , as she always said and I believe , purchased of Lord Torrington her mother's brother , by Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton for his son Thomas , the ...
... possessed an immense fortune in Jamaica ; but being left an orphan at five years old , was , as she always said and I believe , purchased of Lord Torrington her mother's brother , by Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton for his son Thomas , the ...
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... possessed that of Mr. Thrale ; not hist clerks certainly , who scarce dared approach him— much 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 ...
... possessed that of Mr. Thrale ; not hist clerks certainly , who scarce dared approach him— much 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 ...
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... possessed none of , and was as ignorant as an infant of " That which before us lies in daily life . " No wonder Mr. Thrale , whose mind wanted some new object , since he had lost his son , and lost beside the * The attachment inspired ...
... possessed none of , and was as ignorant as an infant of " That which before us lies in daily life . " No wonder Mr. Thrale , whose mind wanted some new object , since he had lost his son , and lost beside the * The attachment inspired ...
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... possessed of it by Sir Thomas Salusbury's death , from whom we had once expected Offley Place in Hertfordshire , and all its wide domain . Notwithstanding that disappointment , my husband left me the interest of 50,000l . for my life ...
... possessed of it by Sir Thomas Salusbury's death , from whom we had once expected Offley Place in Hertfordshire , and all its wide domain . Notwithstanding that disappointment , my husband left me the interest of 50,000l . for my life ...
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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