Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Lady Betty . The scheme prospered : grandmamma Salusbury * There is a tradition in the Cotton family that she could re- peat the names of most of the rivers in the world , but when asked the name of the river at the bottom of the garden ...
... Lady Betty . The scheme prospered : grandmamma Salusbury * There is a tradition in the Cotton family that she could re- peat the names of most of the rivers in the world , but when asked the name of the river at the bottom of the garden ...
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... lady , daughter to Sir Thomas Lynch , after whom I was named , had possessed an immense fortune in Jamaica ; but being left an orphan at five years old , was , as she always said and I believe , purchased of Lord Torrington her mother's ...
... lady , daughter to Sir Thomas Lynch , after whom I was named , had possessed an immense fortune in Jamaica ; but being left an orphan at five years old , was , as she always said and I believe , purchased of Lord Torrington her mother's ...
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Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. Certain it is that Lady Cotton was scarce fifteen years older than her own eldest son , my dear Uncle Robert , husband of Lady Betty Tollemache ; which she considered as little to the honour of her ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. Certain it is that Lady Cotton was scarce fifteen years older than her own eldest son , my dear Uncle Robert , husband of Lady Betty Tollemache ; which she considered as little to the honour of her ...
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... Lady Salusbury felt her health decline , but told her husband she should die more happily , persuaded that he would not marry , as he was so attached to the good girl she now considered as her own , having nearly lost her precious life ...
... Lady Salusbury felt her health decline , but told her husband she should die more happily , persuaded that he would not marry , as he was so attached to the good girl she now considered as her own , having nearly lost her precious life ...
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... Lady Keith , was my shining recom- pense ; but such was my father's conduct , she never did love him . My mother she respected , and dear Doctor Collier , a constant guest , did all he could to keep us all happy in one another ...
... Lady Keith , was my shining recom- pense ; but such was my father's conduct , she never did love him . My mother she respected , and dear Doctor Collier , a constant guest , did all he could to keep us all happy in one another ...
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