Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... half . The first entry is in these words : " It is many years since Doctor Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book and write in it all the little anecdotes which might come to my knowledge , all the observations I might make or ...
... half . The first entry is in these words : " It is many years since Doctor Samuel Johnson advised me to get a little book and write in it all the little anecdotes which might come to my knowledge , all the observations I might make or ...
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... half a prodigy ; and my father's brother Thomas , who was bred up for the ecclesiastical courts with poor papa's money , and who lived in London among the gay and great , said how his friends the Duke of Leeds , Lord Halifax , & c ...
... half a prodigy ; and my father's brother Thomas , who was bred up for the ecclesiastical courts with poor papa's money , and who lived in London among the gay and great , said how his friends the Duke of Leeds , Lord Halifax , & c ...
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... half - adored uncle , before the news reached London of his sudden death by an apoplectic fit ; in consequence of which , his brother , Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton , came into everything by a temporary will kept in case of acci- dents ...
... half - adored uncle , before the news reached London of his sudden death by an apoplectic fit ; in consequence of which , his brother , Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton , came into everything by a temporary will kept in case of acci- dents ...
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... half disposed of without his own consent , and swore I should not be exchanged for a barrel of porter , & c . Vain were all my assurances that nothing resembled love less than Mr. Thrale's behaviour : vain my pro- mises that no step on ...
... half disposed of without his own consent , and swore I should not be exchanged for a barrel of porter , & c . Vain were all my assurances that nothing resembled love less than Mr. Thrale's behaviour : vain my pro- mises that no step on ...
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... half up stairs , said : โ I understand you , Madam , but must disobey . A friend I have known thirty - six years shall not ask a favour of me in his last stage of life and be refused . What difference can it make ? " Tears stood In in ...
... half up stairs , said : โ I understand you , Madam , but must disobey . A friend I have known thirty - six years shall not ask a favour of me in his last stage of life and be refused . What difference can it make ? " Tears stood In in ...
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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