Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 17
... fear , behaved perversely , quarrelling and fighting duels , and fretting his friends at home . My mother and my uncle , taking advan- tage of his last gloomy letter , begged him to return and share the gaieties of Offley Place ...
... fear , behaved perversely , quarrelling and fighting duels , and fretting his friends at home . My mother and my uncle , taking advan- tage of his last gloomy letter , begged him to return and share the gaieties of Offley Place ...
Page 26
... Fear not the menaces of suicide , " said he ; " the man who has two such females to console him , never yet killed himself , and will not now . Of all the bankrupts made this dreadful year , " continued he , " none have destroyed ...
... Fear not the menaces of suicide , " said he ; " the man who has two such females to console him , never yet killed himself , and will not now . Of all the bankrupts made this dreadful year , " continued he , " none have destroyed ...
Page 54
... fear of encountering Piozzi's eyes somewhere . So I only stopped at Pepys ' house for an hour , close to Hyde Park , and away to Bath again , where one curious thing befell me , and but one . You have heard of many severities shown me ...
... fear of encountering Piozzi's eyes somewhere . So I only stopped at Pepys ' house for an hour , close to Hyde Park , and away to Bath again , where one curious thing befell me , and but one . You have heard of many severities shown me ...
Page 61
... fear that your fertile strong genius should fail , Each thought of stagnation dispel ; The fame which so long has attended a Thrale , A Piozzi alone shall excel . " As the ore must for ever obedient be found So in England you drew all ...
... fear that your fertile strong genius should fail , Each thought of stagnation dispel ; The fame which so long has attended a Thrale , A Piozzi alone shall excel . " As the ore must for ever obedient be found So in England you drew all ...
Page 72
... fear'd , He chose the poor , the lowly shed . And sure before He comes again In awful state to judge the world ; Resounding choirs though He disdain , Temples and tow'ers in ruin hurl'd ; To unambitious efforts kind , Pleas'd He permits ...
... fear'd , He chose the poor , the lowly shed . And sure before He comes again In awful state to judge the world ; Resounding choirs though He disdain , Temples and tow'ers in ruin hurl'd ; To unambitious efforts kind , Pleas'd He permits ...
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