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Pagina 16
... Thrale knew Johnson's character so superficially , as to represent him as unwilling to do small acts of bene- volence ; and mentions , in particular , that he would hardly take the trouble to write a letter in favour of his friends ...
... Thrale knew Johnson's character so superficially , as to represent him as unwilling to do small acts of bene- volence ; and mentions , in particular , that he would hardly take the trouble to write a letter in favour of his friends ...
Pagina 48
... Thrale : " On Monday , the 16th , I sat for my picture , and walked a considerable way with little incon- venience . In the afternoon and evening I felt myself light and easy , and began to plan schemes of life . Thus I went to bed ...
... Thrale : " On Monday , the 16th , I sat for my picture , and walked a considerable way with little incon- venience . In the afternoon and evening I felt myself light and easy , and began to plan schemes of life . Thus I went to bed ...
Pagina 53
... his letter to Mrs. Thrale , written on the 13th of August , we find the following melancholy paragraph : " I am now broken with disease , without the alleviation His journey to Mr. Bowles's house " To DR . 1783. ÆTAT . 74 53 33333.
... his letter to Mrs. Thrale , written on the 13th of August , we find the following melancholy paragraph : " I am now broken with disease , without the alleviation His journey to Mr. Bowles's house " To DR . 1783. ÆTAT . 74 53 33333.
Pagina 55
... Thrale , Sept. 9 , 1783 , he thus writes : " Pray shew Mamma this passage of a letter from Dr. Brocklesby . Mrs. Williams , from mere inanition , has at length paid the great debt to nature about three o'clock this morning ( Sept. 6 ...
... Thrale , Sept. 9 , 1783 , he thus writes : " Pray shew Mamma this passage of a letter from Dr. Brocklesby . Mrs. Williams , from mere inanition , has at length paid the great debt to nature about three o'clock this morning ( Sept. 6 ...
Pagina 64
... Thrale [ October 27 ] : " Mrs. Siddons , in her visit to me , behaved with great modesty and propriety , and left nothing behind her to be censured or despised . Neither praise nor money , the two powerful corrupters of mankind , seem ...
... Thrale [ October 27 ] : " Mrs. Siddons , in her visit to me , behaved with great modesty and propriety , and left nothing behind her to be censured or despised . Neither praise nor money , the two powerful corrupters of mankind , seem ...
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