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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Page 28
... 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 .
Page 31
... telling Garrick , " I'll come no more behind your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your ... tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness ...
... telling Garrick , " I'll come no more behind your scenes , Davy ; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your ... tell when it is clean : it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so ; linen detects its own dirtiness ...
Page 36
... tell Boswell , I know no man who is more master of his wife and fa- mily than Thrale . If he holds up a finger , he is obeyed . " The sage never acted on the theory , and instead of treating the wife as a cipher , lost no opportunity ...
... tell Boswell , I know no man who is more master of his wife and fa- mily than Thrale . If he holds up a finger , he is obeyed . " The sage never acted on the theory , and instead of treating the wife as a cipher , lost no opportunity ...
Page 45
... tell the man ! The independent tone she took when she deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life ...
... tell the man ! The independent tone she took when she deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life ...
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... tell you he has a great respect for you , and will call on you to - morrow at one o'clock , and communicate all he knows about Pope . ' Johnson . ' I shall not be in town to - morrow . I don't care to know about Pope . ' Mrs. Thrale ...
... tell you he has a great respect for you , and will call on you to - morrow at one o'clock , and communicate all he knows about Pope . ' Johnson . ' I shall not be in town to - morrow . I don't care to know about Pope . ' Mrs. Thrale ...
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