Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains “of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)”: In 2 Volumes, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 375 pages |
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... affected her reputation at the time of its occurrence ; and the marked tendency every additional disclosure of the circumstances has been to elevate her . No candid person will read her Autobiography , or her Letters , without arriving ...
... affected her reputation at the time of its occurrence ; and the marked tendency every additional disclosure of the circumstances has been to elevate her . No candid person will read her Autobiography , or her Letters , without arriving ...
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... affected great nicety of palate , and did not like being asked to a plain dinner . " It was a good dinner enough , " he would remark , " but it was not a dinner to ask a man to . " He was so displeased with the performances of a ...
... affected great nicety of palate , and did not like being asked to a plain dinner . " It was a good dinner enough , " he would remark , " but it was not a dinner to ask a man to . " He was so displeased with the performances of a ...
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... affected me . " " Why , " said Johnson , smiling and rolling himself about , " that is because , dearest , you're a dunce . " When she some time afterwards men- tioned this to him , he said , with equal truth and polite- ness , " Madam ...
... affected me . " " Why , " said Johnson , smiling and rolling himself about , " that is because , dearest , you're a dunce . " When she some time afterwards men- tioned this to him , he said , with equal truth and polite- ness , " Madam ...
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... affected his health , his hopes , and his whole soul , affected his temper too . Perkins called it being planet struck , and I am not sure he was ever completely the same man again . ” The notes of his conversation during the antecedent ...
... affected his health , his hopes , and his whole soul , affected his temper too . Perkins called it being planet struck , and I am not sure he was ever completely the same man again . ” The notes of his conversation during the antecedent ...
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... affected . He offered his service to find anything for me , and then , in the same breath , ran on to speak of the book with which I had myself favoured the world ! ' 6 " The exact words he began with I cannot recollect , for I was ...
... affected . He offered his service to find anything for me , and then , in the same breath , ran on to speak of the book with which I had myself favoured the world ! ' 6 " The exact words he began with I cannot recollect , for I was ...
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