Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... Driven thus on literature as my sole resource , no wonder if I loved my books and children . From a gay life my mother held me fast . Those pleasures Mr. F Thrale enjoyed alone ; with me indeed they never would 24 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
... Driven thus on literature as my sole resource , no wonder if I loved my books and children . From a gay life my mother held me fast . Those pleasures Mr. F Thrale enjoyed alone ; with me indeed they never would 24 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS .
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... pleasures , or its cares . -- The scene was soon to change . Fox - hounds were sold , and a seat in Parliament was suggested by our new inmate as more suitable to his dignity , more desirable in every respect . I grew useful now ...
... pleasures , or its cares . -- The scene was soon to change . Fox - hounds were sold , and a seat in Parliament was suggested by our new inmate as more suitable to his dignity , more desirable in every respect . I grew useful now ...
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... author of " Lives of the Civilians " as an ingenious but unsteady and eccentric man , the confidential law - adviser of the notorious Duchess of Kingston . pleasure he had taken in his business , before all D 2 MISS STREATFIELD . 335.
... author of " Lives of the Civilians " as an ingenious but unsteady and eccentric man , the confidential law - adviser of the notorious Duchess of Kingston . pleasure he had taken in his business , before all D 2 MISS STREATFIELD . 335.
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Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. pleasure he had taken in his business , before all know- ledge of it was shared with myself , -no wonder that he encouraged a sentimental attachment to Sophia Streatfield , who became daily more and ...
Hester Lynch Piozzi Abraham Hayward. pleasure he had taken in his business , before all know- ledge of it was shared with myself , -no wonder that he encouraged a sentimental attachment to Sophia Streatfield , who became daily more and ...
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... sung with his daughter , and given him all the pleasure he was capable of receiving in the last stage of life , and a miserable state of health , " FOREIGN TOUR . PREVAIL on Mr. Piozzi to settle E 4 AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND . 55.
... sung with his daughter , and given him all the pleasure he was capable of receiving in the last stage of life , and a miserable state of health , " FOREIGN TOUR . PREVAIL on Mr. Piozzi to settle E 4 AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND . 55.
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