Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 54
... head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not indeed many hooks , but with what hooks he has , he grapples very forcibly . " Madame D'Arblay was more struck by his rudeness and violence than ...
... head higher in conversation than Baretti . There are strong powers in his mind . He has not indeed many hooks , but with what hooks he has , he grapples very forcibly . " Madame D'Arblay was more struck by his rudeness and violence than ...
Page 58
... head and foot , removed by fish and a saddle of mutton ; second course , a fowl they call galena at head , and a capon larger than some of our Irish tur- keys , at foot ; third course , four different sorts of ices , pine - apple ...
... head and foot , removed by fish and a saddle of mutton ; second course , a fowl they call galena at head , and a capon larger than some of our Irish tur- keys , at foot ; third course , four different sorts of ices , pine - apple ...
Page 60
... head of Mr. T.'s table , without displacing the mistress of the house , & c . , and so left the apartment . I re- tired to the drawing - room , and for an hour or two contended with my vexation , as I best could , when Johnson and Burke ...
... head of Mr. T.'s table , without displacing the mistress of the house , & c . , and so left the apartment . I re- tired to the drawing - room , and for an hour or two contended with my vexation , as I best could , when Johnson and Burke ...
Page 81
... head ; for when I once alluded to the subject , she ridiculed the idea : she told me she always felt for Johnson the same respect and veneration as for a Pascal . " On the margin of the passage in which Boswell says , “ John- son's ...
... head ; for when I once alluded to the subject , she ridiculed the idea : she told me she always felt for Johnson the same respect and veneration as for a Pascal . " On the margin of the passage in which Boswell says , “ John- son's ...
Page 91
... head . By the same principle , your malice defeats itself ; for your censure is too violent . And yet ( looking to her with a leering smile ) she is the first woman in the world , could she but restrain that wicked tongue of hers ; she ...
... head . By the same principle , your malice defeats itself ; for your censure is too violent . And yet ( looking to her with a leering smile ) she is the first woman in the world , could she but restrain that wicked tongue of hers ; she ...
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