Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 41
... turned refractory , and applied to Hoare's people , who have sent him in their beer . I called on him to - day , however , and by dint of an unwearied solicitation ( for I kept him at the coach side a full half - hour ) I got his order ...
... turned refractory , and applied to Hoare's people , who have sent him in their beer . I called on him to - day , however , and by dint of an unwearied solicitation ( for I kept him at the coach side a full half - hour ) I got his order ...
Page 50
... turned on , and produced a very striking cataract . ” Mrs. Piozzi remarks on this passage : " He teased Mrs. Cot- ton about her dry cascade till she was ready to cry . " † On two occasions , Johnson incidentally imputes a want of lib ...
... turned on , and produced a very striking cataract . ” Mrs. Piozzi remarks on this passage : " He teased Mrs. Cot- ton about her dry cascade till she was ready to cry . " † On two occasions , Johnson incidentally imputes a want of lib ...
Page 93
... turned out to be literally true ; such as the red - hot shot at Gibraltar , or the effects of the earthquake at Lisbon . Yet he could be lax when it suited him , as speaking of epitaphs : " The writer of an epitaph should not be ...
... turned out to be literally true ; such as the red - hot shot at Gibraltar , or the effects of the earthquake at Lisbon . Yet he could be lax when it suited him , as speaking of epitaphs : " The writer of an epitaph should not be ...
Page 102
... turned his back on Lord Bolingbroke in the rooms at Brighthelmstone , he made this excuse : ' I am not obliged , Sir , ' said he to Mr. Thrale , who stood fretting , ' to find reasons for respecting the rank of him who will not ...
... turned his back on Lord Bolingbroke in the rooms at Brighthelmstone , he made this excuse : ' I am not obliged , Sir , ' said he to Mr. Thrale , who stood fretting , ' to find reasons for respecting the rank of him who will not ...
Page 107
... turned her back upon me and sent her adherents to do the same . I despise such conduct , and Mr. Pepys , Mrs. Ord , & c . , now sneak about and look ashamed of themselves , well they may ! ' " 1790 , March 18th . — I met Miss Burney at ...
... turned her back upon me and sent her adherents to do the same . I despise such conduct , and Mr. Pepys , Mrs. Ord , & c . , now sneak about and look ashamed of themselves , well they may ! ' " 1790 , March 18th . — I met Miss Burney at ...
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