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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... told Sir Joshua Reynolds that , one night in particular , when Savage and he walked round St. James's Square for want of a lodging , they were not at all depressed ; but in high spirits , and brimful of patriotism , traversed the square ...
... told Sir Joshua Reynolds that , one night in particular , when Savage and he walked round St. James's Square for want of a lodging , they were not at all depressed ; but in high spirits , and brimful of patriotism , traversed the square ...
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... told Boswell that he could fast two days without inconvenience , and had never been hungry but once . What he meant by hungry is not easy to explain , for his every day manner of eating was that of a half - famished man . When at table ...
... told Boswell that he could fast two days without inconvenience , and had never been hungry but once . What he meant by hungry is not easy to explain , for his every day manner of eating was that of a half - famished man . When at table ...
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... told me that her mother ( Mrs. Greville ) , the hess of Portland , and Mrs. Montagu were the first who began Conversation parties in imitation of the noted ones , temp . give not 66 Duc the Mad one newe of M after friend wear n de ...
... told me that her mother ( Mrs. Greville ) , the hess of Portland , and Mrs. Montagu were the first who began Conversation parties in imitation of the noted ones , temp . give not 66 Duc the Mad one newe of M after friend wear n de ...
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... told us , says Boswell , " a curious circumstance in his life , which was that he had married a printer's devil . Reynolds . ' A printer's devil , Sir ! why , I JOHNSON'S FONDNESS FOR FEMALE SOCIETY . 29 Johnson's Fondness for Female ...
... told us , says Boswell , " a curious circumstance in his life , which was that he had married a printer's devil . Reynolds . ' A printer's devil , Sir ! why , I JOHNSON'S FONDNESS FOR FEMALE SOCIETY . 29 Johnson's Fondness for Female ...
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... told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the un- fitness of things , of his and Lord Lyttleton's having contended for Miss Boothby's preference with an emu- lation that ...
... told Mrs. Thrale , without the smallest consciousness of presumption or what Mr. Square would term the un- fitness of things , of his and Lord Lyttleton's having contended for Miss Boothby's preference with an emu- lation that ...
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