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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... wish to promote a literary undertaking , Mr. J. E. Gray , son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Gray , late Bishop of Bristol , has placed at my disposal a series of letters from Mrs. Piozzi to his father , extending over nearly twenty - five ...
... wish to promote a literary undertaking , Mr. J. E. Gray , son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Gray , late Bishop of Bristol , has placed at my disposal a series of letters from Mrs. Piozzi to his father , extending over nearly twenty - five ...
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... wish for Johnson's conver- sation , extolling it in terms which that of no other person could have deserved , till we were only in doubt how to obtain his company , and find an excuse for the invitation . The celebrity of Mr. Woodhouse ...
... wish for Johnson's conver- sation , extolling it in terms which that of no other person could have deserved , till we were only in doubt how to obtain his company , and find an excuse for the invitation . The celebrity of Mr. Woodhouse ...
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... Wishes " : " Through all his veins the fever of renown Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown , " " he had desired me ( says Boswell ) to change spreads into burns . I thought this alteration not only cured the fault , but was ...
... Wishes " : " Through all his veins the fever of renown Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown , " " he had desired me ( says Boswell ) to change spreads into burns . I thought this alteration not only cured the fault , but was ...
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... wish to appear coquette , and men of ad- vanced years who do not wish to appear ridiculous , should never speak of love as of a thing in which they might take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's adroitness in ...
... wish to appear coquette , and men of ad- vanced years who do not wish to appear ridiculous , should never speak of love as of a thing in which they might take part . " Mrs. Thrale relates an amusing instance of Johnson's adroitness in ...
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... begin by thirty - five ; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty - five . " " And now , ' said he , as I was writing them down , " you may see what it is to come for 38 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
... begin by thirty - five ; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty - five . " " And now , ' said he , as I was writing them down , " you may see what it is to come for 38 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS . PIOZZI .
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