Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 19
... manner in which he burst out suddenly , for so he did without the least previous hesitation whatsoever , and without having enter- tained the smallest intention towards it half a minute before : " Oft in danger , yet alive , We are ...
... manner in which he burst out suddenly , for so he did without the least previous hesitation whatsoever , and without having enter- tained the smallest intention towards it half a minute before : " Oft in danger , yet alive , We are ...
Page 25
... manner in which the interchange of mind was carried on be- tween him and the hostess . This visit took place in October , 1769 , four or five years after Johnson's introduction to her ; and Boswell's absence from London , in which he ...
... manner in which the interchange of mind was carried on be- tween him and the hostess . This visit took place in October , 1769 , four or five years after Johnson's introduction to her ; and Boswell's absence from London , in which he ...
Page 35
... manner of letting me know he was au fait equally astonished and pro- voked me . How different from the delicacy of Mr. and Mrs. Thrale ! " A high French authority has laid down that politeness or good breeding consists in rendering to ...
... manner of letting me know he was au fait equally astonished and pro- voked me . How different from the delicacy of Mr. and Mrs. Thrale ! " A high French authority has laid down that politeness or good breeding consists in rendering to ...
Page 63
... manner of his new office , and particularly of the concerns of the brewery , which it was at last resolved should be sold . Lord Lucan tells a very good story , which , if not pre- cisely exact , is certainly characteristical ; that ...
... manner of his new office , and particularly of the concerns of the brewery , which it was at last resolved should be sold . Lord Lucan tells a very good story , which , if not pre- cisely exact , is certainly characteristical ; that ...
Page 66
... manner to each other , " imagined all to be as well as formerly . " But three months afterwards ( June 19th ) Johnson writes to her : " I am sitting down in no cheerful solitude to write a narrative which would once have affected you ...
... manner to each other , " imagined all to be as well as formerly . " But three months afterwards ( June 19th ) Johnson writes to her : " I am sitting down in no cheerful solitude to write a narrative which would once have affected you ...
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