Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 17
... took her measures accordingly , deriding the novels of the day because they treated about love . ' It is not , ' replied our philosopher , ' because they treat , as you call it , about love , but because they treat of nothing , that ...
... took her measures accordingly , deriding the novels of the day because they treated about love . ' It is not , ' replied our philosopher , ' because they treat , as you call it , about love , but because they treat of nothing , that ...
Page 18
... took very good care not to act upon the theory , and instead of treating the wife as a cipher , lost no opportunity of paying court to her , though in a manner quite compatible with his own lofty spirit of indepen- dence and self ...
... took very good care not to act upon the theory , and instead of treating the wife as a cipher , lost no opportunity of paying court to her , though in a manner quite compatible with his own lofty spirit of indepen- dence and self ...
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... 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 Johnson's life , will hardly account for the neglect of his ...
... 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 Johnson's life , will hardly account for the neglect of his ...
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... took when she deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of Pope . 6 " Elated with the success of my ...
... took when she deemed the Doctor unreasonable , is also proved by Boswell in his report of what took place at Streatham in reference to Lord Marchmont's offer to supply information for the Life of Pope . 6 " Elated with the success of my ...
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... took the lead even when her husband might be expected to strike in , as when Johnson was declaiming paradox- ically against action in oratory : " Action can have no effect on reasonable minds . It may augment noise , but it never can en ...
... took the lead even when her husband might be expected to strike in , as when Johnson was declaiming paradox- ically against action in oratory : " Action can have no effect on reasonable minds . It may augment noise , but it never can en ...
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