Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
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... replied I , " to see an old baronet . ” " Well , in that your expectation is not much disap- pointed ; but why did you think of such stuff ? " " Why just because papa and mamma was always saying to me and to one another at Bodvel , what ...
... replied I , " to see an old baronet . ” " Well , in that your expectation is not much disap- pointed ; but why did you think of such stuff ? " " Why just because papa and mamma was always saying to me and to one another at Bodvel , what ...
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... replied , ' you must tell me , my Dear ; for I am no reader like you and Dr. Johnson ; I only remember that the last book I read was very pretty , and my husband called it an Abridg- 1 ment . ' • ANECDOTE OF CHARLES TOWNSHEND . 31 30 ...
... replied , ' you must tell me , my Dear ; for I am no reader like you and Dr. Johnson ; I only remember that the last book I read was very pretty , and my husband called it an Abridg- 1 ment . ' • ANECDOTE OF CHARLES TOWNSHEND . 31 30 ...
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... replied , coldly , that he was come thither himself merely to recover his voice , which he feared was wholly lost ; that he was composing some music , and lived in great retirement ; so I took my leave , and we continued our walk , Miss ...
... replied , coldly , that he was come thither himself merely to recover his voice , which he feared was wholly lost ; that he was composing some music , and lived in great retirement ; so I took my leave , and we continued our walk , Miss ...
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... replied , from my heart , that I desired to appear in his country in no other character than that of his wife ; that I would preserve my religious opinions inviolate at Milan , as he did his at London ; and that all would go on , to use ...
... replied , from my heart , that I desired to appear in his country in no other character than that of his wife ; that I would preserve my religious opinions inviolate at Milan , as he did his at London ; and that all would go on , to use ...
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Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. perceived that he was best pleased when I replied to them with equally unaffected but more serious pro- testations of exclusive and unalterable love . He was right all the while . When we arrived at ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. perceived that he was best pleased when I replied to them with equally unaffected but more serious pro- testations of exclusive and unalterable love . He was right all the while . When we arrived at ...
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Page 453 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot...
Page 111 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 444 - Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and highth. And time and place are lost...
Page 158 - ... it would be hard to find a man so well entitled to notice by his wit that ever delighted so much in talking of his money.
Page 336 - Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours : Safety consists not in escape From dangers of a frightful shape ; An earthquake may be bid to spare The man that's strangled by a hair. Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Page 136 - This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverend combinations.
Page 325 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Page 164 - I'll quit my prey, And grant a kind reprieve; In hopes you'll have no more to say But when I call again this way, Well pleased the world will leave.
Page 166 - I know, cries Death, that at the best, I seldom am a welcome guest; But don't be captious, friend, at least; I little thought you'd still be able To stump about your farm and stable; Your years have run to a great length, I wish you joy though of your strength. Hold, says the farmer, not so fast, I have been lame these four years past. And no great wonder...
Page 385 - The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height, and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.