Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 29
... talk meta- physics in my hearing , unless he himself was the re- spondent . Oh , what conversations ! What correspon- dences were these ! never renewed after my wedding day , October 11th , 1763. Dr. Johnson was perhaps justly offended ...
... talk meta- physics in my hearing , unless he himself was the re- spondent . Oh , what conversations ! What correspon- dences were these ! never renewed after my wedding day , October 11th , 1763. Dr. Johnson was perhaps justly offended ...
Page 32
... talk with the old female who so long carried coals to it . * She has told all , or nearly all , she knew , And like poor Andrew must advance , Mean mimic of her master's dance , But similes , like songs in love , Describing much , too ...
... talk with the old female who so long carried coals to it . * She has told all , or nearly all , she knew , And like poor Andrew must advance , Mean mimic of her master's dance , But similes , like songs in love , Describing much , too ...
Page 70
... talk enough , and the day went on very well , with an invitation to the ladies for Easter Tues- day , I remember ; and Pisani , the Venetian ambassador , Lord and Lady Coventry , and 130 people , in short , witnessed our gaiety and ...
... talk enough , and the day went on very well , with an invitation to the ladies for Easter Tues- day , I remember ; and Pisani , the Venetian ambassador , Lord and Lady Coventry , and 130 people , in short , witnessed our gaiety and ...
Page 80
... talk of setting a blind man's house on fire , because he has refused your favourite girl a ticket ? Fie ! fie ! I am ashamed of listening to such strange things . " The équivoque was now well understood , but having no acquaintance with ...
... talk of setting a blind man's house on fire , because he has refused your favourite girl a ticket ? Fie ! fie ! I am ashamed of listening to such strange things . " The équivoque was now well understood , but having no acquaintance with ...
Page 82
... talk , to which the ladies listened , just as they do to you ; and said , as I heard , there is no rising unless somebody will cry fire . " - Johnson , May 23 , 1780 . The lady was Mrs. Montagu ; Johnson's bishop was the Bishop of St ...
... talk , to which the ladies listened , just as they do to you ; and said , as I heard , there is no rising unless somebody will cry fire . " - Johnson , May 23 , 1780 . The lady was Mrs. Montagu ; Johnson's bishop was the Bishop of St ...
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