Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... 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 in the field . It was my sport to mimic some , and ...
... 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 in the field . It was my sport to mimic some , and ...
Page 20
... admiration at his giving 5s . to a poor boy who lay on the bank , because he was sure his father had been such a boy . In a week's time the country catched the notion up that Miss Salusbury's husband had been suddenly found by meeting ...
... admiration at his giving 5s . to a poor boy who lay on the bank , because he was sure his father had been such a boy . In a week's time the country catched the notion up that Miss Salusbury's husband had been suddenly found by meeting ...
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... admired how happy Mr. Thrale must be in such a wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had ...
... admired how happy Mr. Thrale must be in such a wonder of a wife . I wondered all the while where his heart lay ; but it was found at last , too soon for joy , too late almost for sorrow . A vulgar fellow , by name Humphrey Jackson , had ...
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... admiration of one little verse thing , that I could not forbear owning it , and am sorry that no copy has , I believe , been kept . The little poetical trash I did write in earnest , is preserved somewhere , perhaps in " Thraliana ...
... admiration of one little verse thing , that I could not forbear owning it , and am sorry that no copy has , I believe , been kept . The little poetical trash I did write in earnest , is preserved somewhere , perhaps in " Thraliana ...
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... admiration no less undeserved . Conjugal fidelity being a thing they had no conception of , and each concluding I kept my favours for some one else , nothing undeceived them but my strictly adhered - to resolution of never suffering a ...
... admiration no less undeserved . Conjugal fidelity being a thing they had no conception of , and each concluding I kept my favours for some one else , nothing undeceived them but my strictly adhered - to resolution of never suffering a ...
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Adieu admired amuse anecdotes Bath beautiful believe Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary Boswell brother Brynbella Burney called character Charles Kemble charming Daniel Lysons daughter dear Sir James death delight dinner Doctor Johnson fancy father favourite feel French glad gout H. L. PIOZZI happy hear heard heart honour hope husband Iphigenia Italy kind King Lady Laodice laugh letter live London look Lord Lord Byron Lord Lyttelton Lutwyche Lysons Lyttelton marriage married Milton mind Miss Thrale mother never night once Penzance perhaps poor Pope portrait praise pretty Proserpina recollect remember replied Salusbury Samuel Lysons scarce sent Siddons Sir James Fellowes story Streatham Park Street suppose sure taste tell thing thought Thrale told verses wife wish wonder Wraxall write written wrote young