Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... wrote this stanza , and some friend struck it out . ' 66 Talking of divorces , I asked if Othello's doctrine was not plausible : " He that is robbed , not wanting what is stolen , Let him not know ' t , and he ' s not robbed at all ...
... wrote this stanza , and some friend struck it out . ' 66 Talking of divorces , I asked if Othello's doctrine was not plausible : " He that is robbed , not wanting what is stolen , Let him not know ' t , and he ' s not robbed at all ...
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... wrote : ..... " Never ( he writes in 1773 ) imagine that your letters are long ; they are always too short for my curiosity . I do not know that I was ever content with a single perusal .. My nights are grown again very uneasy and ...
... wrote : ..... " Never ( he writes in 1773 ) imagine that your letters are long ; they are always too short for my curiosity . I do not know that I was ever content with a single perusal .. My nights are grown again very uneasy and ...
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... wrote it ? Why , who did write it , Sir ? ' said I. ' Steevens , ' was the reply . Some time after that , years for aught I know , he men- tioned to me Steevens's veracity ! ' No , no , ' answered H. L. P. , ' anything but that ; ' and ...
... wrote it ? Why , who did write it , Sir ? ' said I. ' Steevens , ' was the reply . Some time after that , years for aught I know , he men- tioned to me Steevens's veracity ! ' No , no , ' answered H. L. P. , ' anything but that ; ' and ...
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... wrote thus to Selwyn : " I was prevented from writing to you last Friday , by being at Newmarket with my little girl ( Signora Zamperini , a noted dancer and singer ) . I had the whole family and Cocchi . The beauty went with me in my ...
... wrote thus to Selwyn : " I was prevented from writing to you last Friday , by being at Newmarket with my little girl ( Signora Zamperini , a noted dancer and singer ) . I had the whole family and Cocchi . The beauty went with me in my ...
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... wrote her own life , and called herself Cassandra , and it was in 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 ...
... wrote her own life , and called herself Cassandra , and it was in 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 ...
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