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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... Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart's madness , he said , " Another charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . " His deficiency in this respect seems to have made a lasting impression on his ...
... Talking of the symptoms of Christopher Smart's madness , he said , " Another charge was that he did not love clean linen ; and I have no passion for it . " His deficiency in this respect seems to have made a lasting impression on his ...
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... would be superfluous ; for we shall never use it ; and if a jack is seen , a spit will be presumed ! " Mrs. T. - But pray , Sir , who is the Poll you talk of ? She that you used to abet in her C 4 JOHNSON'S INMATES . 23.
... would be superfluous ; for we shall never use it ; and if a jack is seen , a spit will be presumed ! " Mrs. T. - But pray , Sir , who is the Poll you talk of ? She that you used to abet in her C 4 JOHNSON'S INMATES . 23.
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... Talking , at Mrs. Garrick's , of a very respectable author , he told us , 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 ...
... Talking , at Mrs. Garrick's , of a very respectable author , he told us , 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 ...
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... talk over that subject : ' which they did , and after dinner he took one of them upon his knee , and fondled her for half an hour together . " * Women almost always like men who like women ; or as the phenomenon is explained by Pope ...
... talk over that subject : ' which they did , and after dinner he took one of them upon his knee , and fondled her for half an hour together . " * Women almost always like men who like women ; or as the phenomenon is explained by Pope ...
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... talk about love ; and took her measures accordingly , deriding the novels of the day because they treated about love . It is not , ' re- plied our philosopher , ' because they treat , as you call it , about love , but because they treat ...
... talk about love ; and took her measures accordingly , deriding the novels of the day because they treated about love . It is not , ' re- plied our philosopher , ' because they treat , as you call it , about love , but because they treat ...
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