Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 30
... Dear ; for I am no reader like you and Dr. Johnson ; I only remember that the last book I read was very pretty , and my husband called it an Abridg- ment . ' ANECDOTE OF CHARLES TOWNSHEND . 31 And 30 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS . 30.
... Dear ; for I am no reader like you and Dr. Johnson ; I only remember that the last book I read was very pretty , and my husband called it an Abridg- ment . ' ANECDOTE OF CHARLES TOWNSHEND . 31 And 30 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS . 30.
Page 32
... pretty verses , and leaving Dr. Johnson too , who was himself severely censured for his rough criticism on a writer who had pleased all in our Augustan age of Literature , poor H. L. P. turns egotist at eighty , and tells her own ...
... pretty verses , and leaving Dr. Johnson too , who was himself severely censured for his rough criticism on a writer who had pleased all in our Augustan age of Literature , poor H. L. P. turns egotist at eighty , and tells her own ...
Page 53
... Doctors Woodward ( of the pretty house in Gay Street ) and Dobson , from Liverpool , were our medical advisers . " Doctor Johnson never came to look for me at Streatham , where I lodged during Cecy's danger * ; E 3 PARTING FROM PIOZZI . 53.
... Doctors Woodward ( of the pretty house in Gay Street ) and Dobson , from Liverpool , were our medical advisers . " Doctor Johnson never came to look for me at Streatham , where I lodged during Cecy's danger * ; E 3 PARTING FROM PIOZZI . 53.
Page 71
... pretty villa in North Wales , and conforming to our religious opinions , kindly set our little church at Dymerchion in a state it never before enjoyed , spending sums of money on its decoration , and making a vault for F 4 BRYNBELLA . 71.
... pretty villa in North Wales , and conforming to our religious opinions , kindly set our little church at Dymerchion in a state it never before enjoyed , spending sums of money on its decoration , and making a vault for F 4 BRYNBELLA . 71.
Page 73
... pretty villa in North Wales . You know that he left me that , and everything else , never naming his nephew in the will , only leaving among his father's children 6000l . in the three per cents . , being the whole of his savings during ...
... pretty villa in North Wales . You know that he left me that , and everything else , never naming his nephew in the will , only leaving among his father's children 6000l . in the three per cents . , being the whole of his savings during ...
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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