Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... verses is thus narrated in " Thraliana " : " And this year , 1777 , when I told him that it was my birthday , and that I was then thirty - five years old , he repeated me these verses , which I wrote down from his mouth as he made them ...
... verses is thus narrated in " Thraliana " : " And this year , 1777 , when I told him that it was my birthday , and that I was then thirty - five years old , he repeated me these verses , which I wrote down from his mouth as he made them ...
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... verses were college verses : and he re- peated the song , ' Alexis shunned his fellow - swains , ' & c . in so ludicrous a manner , as to make us all wonder how any one could have been pleased with such fantastical stuff . Mrs. Thrale ...
... verses were college verses : and he re- peated the song , ' Alexis shunned his fellow - swains , ' & c . in so ludicrous a manner , as to make us all wonder how any one could have been pleased with such fantastical stuff . Mrs. Thrale ...
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... verses printed in the " Morning Herald " of March 12th , 1782 , which attracted much attention , They were commonly attributed to Mr. ( afterwards Sir W. W. ) Pepys , and Madame d'Arblay , who alludes to them complacently , thought them ...
... verses printed in the " Morning Herald " of March 12th , 1782 , which attracted much attention , They were commonly attributed to Mr. ( afterwards Sir W. W. ) Pepys , and Madame d'Arblay , who alludes to them complacently , thought them ...
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... verse . So Bet brought me her verses to correct ; but I gave her half a crown , and she liked it as well . ' " And pray what became of her , Sir ? ' 66 6 Why , Madam , she stole a quilt from the man of the house , and he had her taken ...
... verse . So Bet brought me her verses to correct ; but I gave her half a crown , and she liked it as well . ' " And pray what became of her , Sir ? ' 66 6 Why , Madam , she stole a quilt from the man of the house , and he had her taken ...
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... verses , which are moderate enough and faint imitations of our good poets ; but for a short and sensible and genteel preface by La Piozzi , from whom I have just seen a very clever letter to Mrs. Montagu , to disavow a jackanapes who ...
... verses , which are moderate enough and faint imitations of our good poets ; but for a short and sensible and genteel preface by La Piozzi , from whom I have just seen a very clever letter to Mrs. Montagu , to disavow a jackanapes who ...
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