Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 854 pages |
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Page 6
... suppose you are pretty diligent at the ' Thraliana ; ' and a very curious col- lection posterity will find it . Do not remit the practice of writing down occurrences as they arise , of whatever LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... suppose you are pretty diligent at the ' Thraliana ; ' and a very curious col- lection posterity will find it . Do not remit the practice of writing down occurrences as they arise , of whatever LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
Page 10
... and every genteel place ; had been abroad with Lord Westcote , whose expenses old Thrale cheerfully paid , I suppose , who was thus a kind of tutor to the young man , who had not failed to profit by 10 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... and every genteel place ; had been abroad with Lord Westcote , whose expenses old Thrale cheerfully paid , I suppose , who was thus a kind of tutor to the young man , who had not failed to profit by 10 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
Page 23
... suppose , Sir , has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he is an apothecary . " Dr. J. — Levet , Madam , is a brutal fellow , but I have a good regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . " Mr ...
... suppose , Sir , has the office of keeping the hospital in health ? for he is an apothecary . " Dr. J. — Levet , Madam , is a brutal fellow , but I have a good regard for him ; for his brutality is in his manners , not his mind . " Mr ...
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... suppose he had her face washed , and put clean clothes on her . ' Then , look- ing very serious , and very earnest . ' And she did not disgrace him ; —the woman had a bottom of good The word bottom thus introduced was so ludi- crous ...
... suppose he had her face washed , and put clean clothes on her . ' Then , look- ing very serious , and very earnest . ' And she did not disgrace him ; —the woman had a bottom of good The word bottom thus introduced was so ludi- crous ...
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... 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 replied , " Ay , Sir , fifty thousand . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so ...
... 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 replied , " Ay , Sir , fifty thousand . I believe marriages would in general be as happy , and often more so ...
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