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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... head of the establishment he had placed an old lady named Williams , whose chief recommendations were her blindness and her poverty . But in spite of her murmurs and reproaches , he gave an asylum to another lady who was as poor as ...
... head of the establishment he had placed an old lady named Williams , whose chief recommendations were her blindness and her poverty . But in spite of her murmurs and reproaches , he gave an asylum to another lady who was as poor as ...
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... head , more than from the exorbitancy of any other passion ? " On Boswell asking him whether he did not suppose that there are fifty women in the world with any of whom a man may be as happy as with any one woman in particular , he ...
... head , more than from the exorbitancy of any other passion ? " On Boswell asking him whether he did not suppose that there are fifty women in the world with any of whom a man may be as happy as with any one woman in particular , he ...
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... head and heart will far more than counterbalance any passing expressions of disap- proval or reproof with her mistimed vivacity , or alleged disregard of scrupulous accuracy in narrative , may have called forth . No two people ever ...
... head and heart will far more than counterbalance any passing expressions of disap- proval or reproof with her mistimed vivacity , or alleged disregard of scrupulous accuracy in narrative , may have called forth . No two people ever ...
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... head one day to send an infant alphabet to the ' St. James Chronicle ' : " A was an Alderman , factious and proud ; B was a Bellas that blustered aloud , & c . ' " " In a week's time Dr. Johnson asked me if I knew who wrote it ? Why ...
... head one day to send an infant alphabet to the ' St. James Chronicle ' : " A was an Alderman , factious and proud ; B was a Bellas that blustered aloud , & c . ' " " In a week's time Dr. Johnson asked me if I knew who wrote it ? Why ...
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... head looked so like that of a woman who shows puppets , ' said he , and her voice so confirmed the fancy , that I could not bear her to - day ; when she wears a large cap , I can talk to her . ' " When the ladies wore lace trimmings to ...
... head looked so like that of a woman who shows puppets , ' said he , and her voice so confirmed the fancy , that I could not bear her to - day ; when she wears a large cap , I can talk to her . ' " When the ladies wore lace trimmings to ...
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