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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... Dear Doctor Johnson loved a leg of pork , And hearty on it would his grinders work : He lik'd to eat it so much over done , That one might shake the flesh from off the bone . A veal pye too , with sugar crammed and plums , Was wondrous ...
... Dear Doctor Johnson loved a leg of pork , And hearty on it would his grinders work : He lik'd to eat it so much over done , That one might shake the flesh from off the bone . A veal pye too , with sugar crammed and plums , Was wondrous ...
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... dear * " Amongst his singularities , his love of conversing with the prostitutes he met in the streets , was not the least . He has been known to carry some of these unfortunate creatures into a tavern , for the sake of striving to ...
... dear * " Amongst his singularities , his love of conversing with the prostitutes he met in the streets , was not the least . He has been known to carry some of these unfortunate creatures into a tavern , for the sake of striving to ...
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... dear Boothby , " must have been the object of this rivalry † ; and the surmise is strengthened by Johnson's calling Molly the loveliest creature he ever saw ; adding ( to Mrs. Thrale ) , " My wife was a little jealous , and happening ...
... dear Boothby , " must have been the object of this rivalry † ; and the surmise is strengthened by Johnson's calling Molly the loveliest creature he ever saw ; adding ( to Mrs. Thrale ) , " My wife was a little jealous , and happening ...
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... Dear Sir , I will be with you in a few minutes ; but , while I think of it , I must go to my dressing - closet and paint my face , which I forgot to do this morn- ing . ' Accordingly she soon returned , wearing the requisite quan- tity ...
... Dear Sir , I will be with you in a few minutes ; but , while I think of it , I must go to my dressing - closet and paint my face , which I forgot to do this morn- ing . ' Accordingly she soon returned , wearing the requisite quan- tity ...
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... dear lady , talk no more of this . Nonsense can be defended but by nonsense . ' “ Mrs. Thrale then praised Garrick's talents for light gay poetry ; and , as a specimen , repeated his song in ' Florizel and Perdita , ' and dwelt with ...
... dear lady , talk no more of this . Nonsense can be defended but by nonsense . ' “ Mrs. Thrale then praised Garrick's talents for light gay poetry ; and , as a specimen , repeated his song in ' Florizel and Perdita , ' and dwelt with ...
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