Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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... Remarks on the Appearance of Boswell's Life of 337 338-341 Johnson 342 ท " Retrospection " 343-344 Moore's Anecdotes of her and Piozzi 344-345 Lord Lansdowne's Visit and Impressions 345-346 Adoption and Education of Piozzi's Nephew ...
... Remarks on the Appearance of Boswell's Life of 337 338-341 Johnson 342 ท " Retrospection " 343-344 Moore's Anecdotes of her and Piozzi 344-345 Lord Lansdowne's Visit and Impressions 345-346 Adoption and Education of Piozzi's Nephew ...
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... remark , that " a dog will take a small bit of meat as readily as a large , when both are before him , " she adds , " which Johnson would never have done . " When Boswell , describing the dinner with Wilkes at Davies ' , says , " No man ...
... remark , that " a dog will take a small bit of meat as readily as a large , when both are before him , " she adds , " which Johnson would never have done . " When Boswell , describing the dinner with Wilkes at Davies ' , says , " No man ...
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... remarks Cuddie in " Old Mortality , " " canna weel bide to be contradicted , as I ken neabody likes , if they could help themselves . " Johnson was in the zenith of his fame when litera- ture , politics , and fashion began to blend ...
... remarks Cuddie in " Old Mortality , " " canna weel bide to be contradicted , as I ken neabody likes , if they could help themselves . " Johnson was in the zenith of his fame when litera- ture , politics , and fashion began to blend ...
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... . Montagu's soirée , wrote to tell a friend of the charming intellectual party , who had one rule ; ' they wear blue stockings as a distinction . Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : 28 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... . Montagu's soirée , wrote to tell a friend of the charming intellectual party , who had one rule ; ' they wear blue stockings as a distinction . Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : 28 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : " Mrs. Thrale always appeared to me to possess at least as much information , a mind as cultivated , and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. Wraxall , who makes the same comparison , remarks : " Mrs. Thrale always appeared to me to possess at least as much information , a mind as cultivated , and more brilliancy of intellect than Mrs ...
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