Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 23
... look at her little self , as she called it , and spoke drolly of what she once was , as if speaking of some one else ... LOOKS . 23.
... look at her little self , as she called it , and spoke drolly of what she once was , as if speaking of some one else ... LOOKS . 23.
Page 34
... look far beneath the surface of social history to discover that the irregularity in question is only a partial revival of the practice of our grandfathers and grand- mothers , much as a crinoline may be regarded as a modified ...
... look far beneath the surface of social history to discover that the irregularity in question is only a partial revival of the practice of our grandfathers and grand- mothers , much as a crinoline may be regarded as a modified ...
Page 38
... look , ' I have known all the wits , from Mrs. Montagu down to Bet Flint ! ' " Bet Flint ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' pray who is she ? ' “ O , a fine character , Madam ! She was habitually a slut and a drunkard , and occasionally a thief ...
... look , ' I have known all the wits , from Mrs. Montagu down to Bet Flint ! ' " Bet Flint ! ' cried Mrs. Thrale ; ' pray who is she ? ' “ O , a fine character , Madam ! She was habitually a slut and a drunkard , and occasionally a thief ...
Page 46
... looks and a softened voice , joined in the general chat , insensibly led the conversation to the subject of marriage , where he laid himself out in a disser- tation so useful , so elegant , so founded on the true knowledge of human life ...
... looks and a softened voice , joined in the general chat , insensibly led the conversation to the subject of marriage , where he laid himself out in a disser- tation so useful , so elegant , so founded on the true knowledge of human life ...
Page 84
... looks , Johnson's knowl- edge of womankind , to say nothing of his self - love , should have prevented him from urging this as an objection , or as an aggra- vation of her offence . He might have recollected the Roman matron in Juvenal ...
... looks , Johnson's knowl- edge of womankind , to say nothing of his self - love , should have prevented him from urging this as an objection , or as an aggra- vation of her offence . He might have recollected the Roman matron in Juvenal ...
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