Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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Page 90
... wonder at it ; for neither I , nor Beauclerc , nor Mrs. Thrale could get through it . " This is what Mrs. Piozzi wrote to disavow , so far as she was personally con- cerned . The other collection expected from her whilst still in Italy ...
... wonder at it ; for neither I , nor Beauclerc , nor Mrs. Thrale could get through it . " This is what Mrs. Piozzi wrote to disavow , so far as she was personally con- cerned . The other collection expected from her whilst still in Italy ...
Page 100
... wonder - hunting world a reading Of Sam's Epistle , just before your wedding ; Beginning thus ( in strains not formed to flatter ) , ' Madam , If that most ignominious matter Be not concluded ' — Farther shall I say ? No- - we shall ...
... wonder - hunting world a reading Of Sam's Epistle , just before your wedding ; Beginning thus ( in strains not formed to flatter ) , ' Madam , If that most ignominious matter Be not concluded ' — Farther shall I say ? No- - we shall ...
Page 116
... wonder the " yoke " became unendurable . Baretti was obliged to admit that , when Johnson died , they were not on speaking terms . His explanation is that Johnson irritated him by an allusion to his being beaten by Omai , the Sandwich ...
... wonder the " yoke " became unendurable . Baretti was obliged to admit that , when Johnson died , they were not on speaking terms . His explanation is that Johnson irritated him by an allusion to his being beaten by Omai , the Sandwich ...
Page 119
... wonder , that Mrs. Piozzi , the child of genius , the pupil of Johnson , should pollute , with the vulgarisms of unpolished conversation , her animated pages ! that , while she frequently displays her power of commanding HER TRAVELS . 119.
... wonder , that Mrs. Piozzi , the child of genius , the pupil of Johnson , should pollute , with the vulgarisms of unpolished conversation , her animated pages ! that , while she frequently displays her power of commanding HER TRAVELS . 119.
Page 166
... wonder and delight . My uncle soon began to dote on Fiddle , as he called me in fondness ; and I certainly did not obtain his love by flattery , as I remember well this odd tête - à - tête conversation : 66 " Come now , dear , " said he ...
... wonder and delight . My uncle soon began to dote on Fiddle , as he called me in fondness ; and I certainly did not obtain his love by flattery , as I remember well this odd tête - à - tête conversation : 66 " Come now , dear , " said he ...
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