Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... verses , resolved not to pass twenty - five , and had her passport made out accordingly till her death at eighty - five . She used to boast that , whenever a foreign official objected , she never failed to silence him by the remark ...
... verses , resolved not to pass twenty - five , and had her passport made out accordingly till her death at eighty - five . She used to boast that , whenever a foreign official objected , she never failed to silence him by the remark ...
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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 ? ' 666 ' 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 ? ' 666 ' Why , Madam , she stole a quilt from the man of the house , and he had her taken ...
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Page 92 - Johnson told me, that he went up thither without mentioning it to his servant, when he wanted to study, secure from interruption ; for he would not allow his servant to say he was not at home when he really was. ' A servant's strict regard for truth, (said he) must be weakened by such a practice.
Page 134 - ... and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly.