Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of Pope . 6 " Elated with the success of my spontaneous exertion to pro- cure material and respectable aid to Johnson for his very favorite work , The Lives of the Poets , ' I ...
... Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of Pope . 6 " Elated with the success of my spontaneous exertion to pro- cure material and respectable aid to Johnson for his very favorite work , The Lives of the Poets , ' I ...
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... Lord Mansfield and Lord Chatham , Johnson had said , " When he whom everybody else flatters , flatters me , then I am truly happy . " Mrs. Thrale . " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " Johnson . Madam , in ' The Way of the World ...
... Lord Mansfield and Lord Chatham , Johnson had said , " When he whom everybody else flatters , flatters me , then I am truly happy . " Mrs. Thrale . " The sentiment is in Congreve , I think . " Johnson . Madam , in ' The Way of the World ...
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... Lord March ( afterwards Duke of Queensberry ) was a lord of the bedchamber in the decorous court of George the Third , when he wrote thus to Selwyn : " I was prevented from writing to you last Friday , by being at Newmarket with my ...
... Lord March ( afterwards Duke of Queensberry ) was a lord of the bedchamber in the decorous court of George the Third , when he wrote thus to Selwyn : " I was prevented from writing to you last Friday , by being at Newmarket with my ...
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... ( Lord North ) , who at first seemed inclined to find Johnson a seat , but eventually discountenanced the project . Lord Stowell told Mr. Croker that Lord North did not feel quite sure that Johnson's support might not sometimes prove ...
... ( Lord North ) , who at first seemed inclined to find Johnson a seat , but eventually discountenanced the project . Lord Stowell told Mr. Croker that Lord North did not feel quite sure that Johnson's support might not sometimes prove ...
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... Lord Sandys ' , at Ombersley , where we were treated with great civil- ity . " It was here , as he told Mrs. Thrale , that for the only time in his life he had as much wall fruit as he liked ; yet she says that he was in the habit of ...
... Lord Sandys ' , at Ombersley , where we were treated with great civil- ity . " It was here , as he told Mrs. Thrale , that for the only time in his life he had as much wall fruit as he liked ; yet she says that he was in the habit of ...
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