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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Page 34
... happy , and he who laughs at , never deserves to feel a passion which has caused the change of empires , and the loss of worlds— a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice . ' He thought he had already said too much . ' A ...
... happy , and he who laughs at , never deserves to feel a passion which has caused the change of empires , and the loss of worlds— a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice . ' He thought he had already said too much . ' A ...
Page 35
... happy as with any one woman in particular , he replied , " Ay , Sir , fifty thousand . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the lord - chancellor upon a due consideration of the ...
... happy as with any one woman in particular , he replied , " Ay , Sir , fifty thousand . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so , if they were all made by the lord - chancellor upon a due consideration of the ...
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... happy . ” " Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior . He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it ; his love verses were college verses : and he repeated the song , Alexis shunn'd his ...
... happy . ” " Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior . He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it ; his love verses were college verses : and he repeated the song , Alexis shunn'd his ...
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... happy were Lord Chesterfield's lines to a young lady who appeared at a Dublin ball , with an orange breastknot : " Pretty Tory , where's the jest ---- To wear that riband on thy breast , When that same breast betraying shows The ...
... happy were Lord Chesterfield's lines to a young lady who appeared at a Dublin ball , with an orange breastknot : " Pretty Tory , where's the jest ---- To wear that riband on thy breast , When that same breast betraying shows The ...
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... happy . " Mrs. Thrale . " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " Johnson . " Yes , Madam , in ' The Way of the World . ' " If there's delight in love , ' tis when I see 999 The heart that others bleed for , bleed for me . ' ' When ...
... happy . " Mrs. Thrale . " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " Johnson . " Yes , Madam , in ' The Way of the World . ' " If there's delight in love , ' tis when I see 999 The heart that others bleed for , bleed for me . ' ' When ...
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