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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... replied , " It's all gone , your honour , but there's some capital lobster sauce left . " This would have suited Johnson equally well , or better : he was so fond of lobster sauce that he would call for the sauce - boat and pour the ...
... replied , " It's all gone , your honour , but there's some capital lobster sauce left . " This would have suited Johnson equally well , or better : he was so fond of lobster sauce that he would call for the sauce - boat and pour the ...
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... replied , " Madam , I do not like to come down to vacuity . " He was subject to dreadful fits of depression , caused or accompanied by compunction for venial or fancied sins , by the fear of death or madness- ( the only things he did ...
... replied , " Madam , I do not like to come down to vacuity . " He was subject to dreadful fits of depression , caused or accompanied by compunction for venial or fancied sins , by the fear of death or madness- ( the only things he did ...
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... 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 characters and circumstances without the ...
... 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 characters and circumstances without the ...
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... replied that his devotion was at least as warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham . One day when he was ill , exceedingly low - spirited , and persuaded that death was not far distant , she appeared before him in a ...
... replied that his devotion was at least as warm towards the table and the table - cloth at Streatham . One day when he was ill , exceedingly low - spirited , and persuaded that death was not far distant , she appeared before him in a ...
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... replied he , changing his voice ; you little creatures should never wear those sort of clothes , however ; they are unsuitable in every way . What ! have not all insects gay colours ? ' " 6 According to the author of " Piozziana , " who ...
... replied he , changing his voice ; you little creatures should never wear those sort of clothes , however ; they are unsuitable in every way . What ! have not all insects gay colours ? ' " 6 According to the author of " Piozziana , " who ...
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