Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 35
... took me up stairs , and showed me the house , and said she had very much wished to see me at Streatham , and should always think herself much obliged to Dr. Burney for his goodness in bringing me , which she looked upon as a very great ...
... took me up stairs , and showed me the house , and said she had very much wished to see me at Streatham , and should always think herself much obliged to Dr. Burney for his goodness in bringing me , which she looked upon as a very great ...
Page 36
... took his place . We had a noble dinner , and a most elegant dessert . Dr. John- son , in the middle of dinner , asked Mrs. Thrale what was in some little pies that were near him . 6 " Mutton , ' answered she , so I don't ask you to eat ...
... took his place . We had a noble dinner , and a most elegant dessert . Dr. John- son , in the middle of dinner , asked Mrs. Thrale what was in some little pies that were near him . 6 " Mutton , ' answered she , so I don't ask you to eat ...
Page 43
... took the liberty of suggesting was concerted with you ? He does not know how much I revolve his affairs , and how honestly I desire his pros- perity . I hope he has let the hint take some hold of his mind . ” 66 In the copy of the ...
... took the liberty of suggesting was concerted with you ? He does not know how much I revolve his affairs , and how honestly I desire his pros- perity . I hope he has let the hint take some hold of his mind . ” 66 In the copy of the ...
Page 48
... took from desperation was the likeliest thing in the world to produce broken limbs and death . ” The drawbacks on his gratification and on that of his fellow- travellers were his physical defects , and his utter insensibility to the ...
... took from desperation was the likeliest thing in the world to produce broken limbs and death . ” The drawbacks on his gratification and on that of his fellow- travellers were his physical defects , and his utter insensibility to the ...
Page 52
... took away Johnson's candle that he wanted to read by at the other end of the room . Those , I trust , were the offences . " He was not in much better humor at Combermere Abbey , the seat of her relation , Sir Lynch Cotton ( grandfather ...
... took away Johnson's candle that he wanted to read by at the other end of the room . Those , I trust , were the offences . " He was not in much better humor at Combermere Abbey , the seat of her relation , Sir Lynch Cotton ( grandfather ...
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