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... young prince Adam , who came over to our island with William , and gained a settle- ment . They were pleased when I observed to them that his blood was not yet wholly extinct amongst us . " Observations and Reflections , & c . This ...
... young prince Adam , who came over to our island with William , and gained a settle- ment . They were pleased when I observed to them that his blood was not yet wholly extinct amongst us . " Observations and Reflections , & c . This ...
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... young men who made court to the niece , and expressed admiration of the horses . Every suitor was made to understand my extraordinary value . Those who could read , were shown my verses ; those who could not , were judges of my prowess ...
... young men who made court to the niece , and expressed admiration of the horses . Every suitor was made to understand my extraordinary value . Those who could read , were shown my verses ; those who could not , were judges of my prowess ...
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... young man he had seen , who was , in short , a model of perfection , ending his panegyric by saying that he was a real sportsman . Seeing me disposed to laugh , he looked very grave ; said he expected us to like him , and that seriously ...
... young man he had seen , who was , in short , a model of perfection , ending his panegyric by saying that he was a real sportsman . Seeing me disposed to laugh , he looked very grave ; said he expected us to like him , and that seriously ...
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... young wench , scarce twelve years old I trust , my notice was strongly attracted by a Mountebank in some town we were pass- ing through . What a fine fellow ! ' said I ; dear Papa , do ask him to dinner with us at our inn ! least ...
... young wench , scarce twelve years old I trust , my notice was strongly attracted by a Mountebank in some town we were pass- ing through . What a fine fellow ! ' said I ; dear Papa , do ask him to dinner with us at our inn ! least ...
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... young lady into Chancery , a measure he was most earnest to adopt . We were at Streatham Park , but I observed my husband unusually anxious , when an old Mr. Jones who had married Sir William Fowler's daughter , my mother's first cousin ...
... young lady into Chancery , a measure he was most earnest to adopt . We were at Streatham Park , but I observed my husband unusually anxious , when an old Mr. Jones who had married Sir William Fowler's daughter , my mother's first cousin ...
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Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi, Ed. , with Notes ... Hester Lynch Piozzi No preview available - 2013 |
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Page 88 - ... 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.
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Page 97 - Nor once perceived his growing old, Nor thought of Death as near; His friends not false, his wife no shrew, Many his gains, his children few, He...
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Page 109 - While th' inflammable temper, the positive tongue, Too conscious of right for endurance of wrong : We suffer from JOHNSON, contented to find, That some notice we gain from so noble a mind ; And pardon our hurts, since so often we've found The balm of instruction pour'd into the wound. 'Tis thus for its virtues the chemists...
Page 97 - But while he viewed his wealth increase, While thus along Life's dusty road The beaten track content he trod, Old Time, whose haste no mortal spares, Uncalled, unheeded, unawares, Brought on his eightieth year.