Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 40
... sure , " she adds , after a semblance of defence on his part , " I have had my share of scolding from you . " Johnson . " It is true , you have , but you have borne it like an angel , and you have been the better for it . " As the ...
... sure , " she adds , after a semblance of defence on his part , " I have had my share of scolding from you . " Johnson . " It is true , you have , but you have borne it like an angel , and you have been the better for it . " As the ...
Page 42
... sure that Johnson's support might not sometimes prove rather an encumbrance than a help . " His lordship perhaps thought , and not unreasonably , that , like the elephant in the battle , he was quite as likely to trample down his ...
... sure that Johnson's support might not sometimes prove rather an encumbrance than a help . " His lordship perhaps thought , and not unreasonably , that , like the elephant in the battle , he was quite as likely to trample down his ...
Page 45
... sure , the only similitude I have yet discovered in you , is in size : there you agree mighty well . " Dr. J. - Why , if anybody could have worn the bandeau , it must have been Lady Lade ; for there is enough of her to carry it off ...
... sure , the only similitude I have yet discovered in you , is in size : there you agree mighty well . " Dr. J. - Why , if anybody could have worn the bandeau , it must have been Lady Lade ; for there is enough of her to carry it off ...
Page 65
... sure I am not of his mind . " so ! On the 29th , she records that Johnson behaved very rudely to Mr. Pepys , and fairly drove him from the house . The entry for November 10th is remarkable : " We spent this evening at Lady De Ferrars ...
... sure I am not of his mind . " so ! On the 29th , she records that Johnson behaved very rudely to Mr. Pepys , and fairly drove him from the house . The entry for November 10th is remarkable : " We spent this evening at Lady De Ferrars ...
Page 77
... sure of the soundness of the counsel , or the justice of the reproof ? She was neither im- in a fishing - boat . The incident to which Johnson alludes is introduced in " The Abbot ; " where the scene is laid on the seashore . The ...
... sure of the soundness of the counsel , or the justice of the reproof ? She was neither im- in a fishing - boat . The incident to which Johnson alludes is introduced in " The Abbot ; " where the scene is laid on the seashore . The ...
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