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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... reference . The account given in " Thraliana " has a greater air of freshness , and proves Boswell right as to the year . " It was on the second Thursday of the month of January , 1765 , that I first saw Mr. Johnson in a room . Murphy ...
... reference . The account given in " Thraliana " has a greater air of freshness , and proves Boswell right as to the year . " It was on the second Thursday of the month of January , 1765 , that I first saw Mr. Johnson in a room . Murphy ...
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... reference to one of his Edinburgh hosts he said , " As for Maclaurin's imita- tion of a made dish , it was a wretched attempt . " His voice was loud , and his gesticulations , volun- 18 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... reference to one of his Edinburgh hosts he said , " As for Maclaurin's imita- tion of a made dish , it was a wretched attempt . " His voice was loud , and his gesticulations , volun- 18 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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... deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of CONVERSATION AT STREATHAM . 45 Boswell at Streatham.
... deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of CONVERSATION AT STREATHAM . 45 Boswell at Streatham.
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... malcontent Irish as the French emblem . Johnson's epigram may have been suggested by Propertius : " Nullus liber erit si quis amare volet . ” reference to the flattery lavished on Garrick by Lord Mansfield E 2 HER ACQUIREMENTS . 51.
... malcontent Irish as the French emblem . Johnson's epigram may have been suggested by Propertius : " Nullus liber erit si quis amare volet . ” reference to the flattery lavished on Garrick by Lord Mansfield E 2 HER ACQUIREMENTS . 51.
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In 2 Volumes Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. reference to the flattery lavished on Garrick by Lord Mansfield and Lord Chatham , Johnson had said , " When he whom everybody else flatters , flatters me , then I am truly happy . " Mrs ...
In 2 Volumes Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. reference to the flattery lavished on Garrick by Lord Mansfield and Lord Chatham , Johnson had said , " When he whom everybody else flatters , flatters me , then I am truly happy . " Mrs ...
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