Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... manner . For French , writing , and arithmetic , I had no instructor but herself ; and when she went from home where I could not be taken , my temporary abode was the great school in Queen Square , where Mrs. Dennis and her brother ...
... manner . For French , writing , and arithmetic , I had no instructor but herself ; and when she went from home where I could not be taken , my temporary abode was the great school in Queen Square , where Mrs. Dennis and her brother ...
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... manner , from Dr. Collier , to tell me ( it was written in Latin ) that Sir Thomas would certainly marry Mrs. King the Sunday following , and begged I would not say a syllable till the next day , when he would come and break the ...
... manner , from Dr. Collier , to tell me ( it was written in Latin ) that Sir Thomas would certainly marry Mrs. King the Sunday following , and begged I would not say a syllable till the next day , when he would come and break the ...
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... manner wholly new to me , no doubt remained of all celebrity following my lost power of entertaining company , giving parties , & c .; and my heart prepared to shut itself quite up , convinced there existed not a human creature who ...
... manner wholly new to me , no doubt remained of all celebrity following my lost power of entertaining company , giving parties , & c .; and my heart prepared to shut itself quite up , convinced there existed not a human creature who ...
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... manner of sing- ing , which he as tenor , and Pacchierotti as soprano , had completely to themselves . Mr. Piozzi was the son of a gentleman of Brescia in Lombardy , who meant him for the Church and educated him accordingly ; but he ...
... manner of sing- ing , which he as tenor , and Pacchierotti as soprano , had completely to themselves . Mr. Piozzi was the son of a gentleman of Brescia in Lombardy , who meant him for the Church and educated him accordingly ; but he ...
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... manners he had so cultivated , that those who knew but little of the man , fancied he had great flexibility of mind . It was mere pliancy of body , however , and a perpetual show of obsequiousness by bowing incessantly as if ...
... manners he had so cultivated , that those who knew but little of the man , fancied he had great flexibility of mind . It was mere pliancy of body , however , and a perpetual show of obsequiousness by bowing incessantly as if ...
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