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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... but made him work very hard , and treated him very roughly , Halsey * In " Thraliana " she says : " strolled to London with only 4s . 6d . in his pocket . " being more proud than tender , and his only child THE THRALES .
... but made him work very hard , and treated him very roughly , Halsey * In " Thraliana " she says : " strolled to London with only 4s . 6d . in his pocket . " being more proud than tender , and his only child THE THRALES .
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... renown Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown , " " he had desired me ( says Boswell ) to change spreads into burns . I thought this alteration not only cured the fault , but was more poetical , as it JOHNSON'S HABITS . 15.
... renown Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown , " " he had desired me ( says Boswell ) to change spreads into burns . I thought this alteration not only cured the fault , but was more poetical , as it JOHNSON'S HABITS . 15.
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... says , " No man eat more heartily than Johnson , or loved better what was nice and delicate , " she strikes in with - " What was gustful rather : what was strong that he could taste it , what was tender that he could chew it . " When ...
... says , " No man eat more heartily than Johnson , or loved better what was nice and delicate , " she strikes in with - " What was gustful rather : what was strong that he could taste it , what was tender that he could chew it . " When ...
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... says , they were flattered by finding that a man so widely celebrated preferred their house to every other in London ; and suggests that even the peculiarities which seem to unfit him for civilised society , including his gesticulations ...
... says , they were flattered by finding that a man so widely celebrated preferred their house to every other in London ; and suggests that even the peculiarities which seem to unfit him for civilised society , including his gesticulations ...
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... says Boswell , " a curious circumstance in his life , which was that he had married a printer's devil . Reynolds . 6 sense . ' 6 A printer's devil , Sir JOHNSON'S FONDNESS FOR FEMALE SOCIETY . 29 Johnson's Fondness for Female Society.
... says Boswell , " a curious circumstance in his life , which was that he had married a printer's devil . Reynolds . 6 sense . ' 6 A printer's devil , Sir JOHNSON'S FONDNESS FOR FEMALE SOCIETY . 29 Johnson's Fondness for Female Society.
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