Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... 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 had no fixed resi- dence during ...
... 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 had no fixed resi- dence during ...
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... mind an epigram on a young lady who appeared at a mas- querade in Paris , habited as a Jesuit , during the height of ... minds . It may augment noise , but it never can en- force argument . " Mrs. Thrale . " What then , Sir , becomes of ...
... mind an epigram on a young lady who appeared at a mas- querade in Paris , habited as a Jesuit , during the height of ... minds . It may augment noise , but it never can en- force argument . " Mrs. Thrale . " What then , Sir , becomes of ...
Page 40
... mind and character had undergone a succession of the most trying ordeals , and was tempered and improved , without being hardened , by them . One child after another died at the age when the bereavement is most affecting to a mother ...
... mind and character had undergone a succession of the most trying ordeals , and was tempered and improved , without being hardened , by them . One child after another died at the age when the bereavement is most affecting to a mother ...
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... mind . " I think you were quite right in your advice about the thou- sand pounds , for the payment could not have been delayed long ; and a short delay would have lessened credit , without advancing interest . But in great matters you ...
... mind . " I think you were quite right in your advice about the thou- sand pounds , for the payment could not have been delayed long ; and a short delay would have lessened credit , without advancing interest . But in great matters you ...
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... mind unfurnished with subjects and materials for thinking can keep up no dignity at all in solitude . It is , ' says he , ' in the state of a mill without grist . ' " 6 The attractions of Streatham must have been very strong , to induce ...
... mind unfurnished with subjects and materials for thinking can keep up no dignity at all in solitude . It is , ' says he , ' in the state of a mill without grist . ' " 6 The attractions of Streatham must have been very strong , to induce ...
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