Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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... taste . This letter is existing now , and that was her expression . Mr. Thrale found his per- formance on the forte - piano so superior to everything then heard in England , and in short took such a fancy to his society , that we were ...
... taste . This letter is existing now , and that was her expression . Mr. Thrale found his per- formance on the forte - piano so superior to everything then heard in England , and in short took such a fancy to his society , that we were ...
Page 61
... taste . Like the loadstone that long lay conceal'd in the earth , Among metals which glitter'd around ; Inactive her talents , and only call'd forth , When the ore correspondent was found . To these lines Mr. Parsons brought the ...
... taste . Like the loadstone that long lay conceal'd in the earth , Among metals which glitter'd around ; Inactive her talents , and only call'd forth , When the ore correspondent was found . To these lines Mr. Parsons brought the ...
Page 107
... taste for blue - stocking parties . Her social celebrity was won in a different circle , and belongs to a later period . Far from being addicted to play , she hated the very sight of a card , and her mind was of too refined and active a ...
... taste for blue - stocking parties . Her social celebrity was won in a different circle , and belongs to a later period . Far from being addicted to play , she hated the very sight of a card , and her mind was of too refined and active a ...
Page 112
... taste or literature . " Wraxall . โ - Note . I have heard this story before , and believe it is true . Topham Beauclerc ( wicked and profligate as he wished to be accounted ) was yet a man of very strict veracity . Oh Lord ! how I did ...
... taste or literature . " Wraxall . โ - Note . I have heard this story before , and believe it is true . Topham Beauclerc ( wicked and profligate as he wished to be accounted ) was yet a man of very strict veracity . Oh Lord ! how I did ...
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... taste . ( Vol . x . p . 250. ) โ It ( " Dione " ) is all borrowed from Don Quixote's story of " Marvella . " Some beau- tiful lines do , however , adorn " Dione , " particularly those ending with " Fair Parthenia like the rose appears ...
... taste . ( Vol . x . p . 250. ) โ It ( " Dione " ) is all borrowed from Don Quixote's story of " Marvella . " Some beau- tiful lines do , however , adorn " Dione , " particularly those ending with " Fair Parthenia like the rose appears ...
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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