The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on Epistolary Writers, Volume 2 |
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Page 11
... Throckmorton of Weston , Lady Austen's lackey , and a lad that waits on me in the garden , drove a wheelbarrow full of eatables and drinkables to the scene of our FetĂ© Cham- pĂȘtre . A board , laid over the top of the wheel- barrow ...
... Throckmorton of Weston , Lady Austen's lackey , and a lad that waits on me in the garden , drove a wheelbarrow full of eatables and drinkables to the scene of our FetĂ© Cham- pĂȘtre . A board , laid over the top of the wheel- barrow ...
Page 234
... Throckmorton . With that gentleman we drank chocolate , since I wrote last . The occa- sion of our visit was , as usual , a balloon . Your Mother invited her , and I him , and they pro- mised to return the visit , but have not yet 234.
... Throckmorton . With that gentleman we drank chocolate , since I wrote last . The occa- sion of our visit was , as usual , a balloon . Your Mother invited her , and I him , and they pro- mised to return the visit , but have not yet 234.
Page 241
... Throckmorton ) , but the compliment I mean is It is however so managed , that nobody but himself can make the application , and you , to whom I disclose the secret ; a deli- cacy on my part , which so much delicacy on his obliged me to ...
... Throckmorton ) , but the compliment I mean is It is however so managed , that nobody but himself can make the application , and you , to whom I disclose the secret ; a deli- cacy on my part , which so much delicacy on his obliged me to ...
Page 366
... Throckmorton's plea- sure - ground , where you would not soil your slipper even in winter . A most unfortunate mistake was made by that gentleman's bailiff in his absence . Just before he left Weston last year for the winter , he gave ...
... Throckmorton's plea- sure - ground , where you would not soil your slipper even in winter . A most unfortunate mistake was made by that gentleman's bailiff in his absence . Just before he left Weston last year for the winter , he gave ...
Page 372
... Throckmorton wishes to be on a more intimate footing . I am shy , and suspect that he is not very much other- wise ; and the consequence has been , that we have mutually wished an acquaintance without being able to accomplish it ...
... Throckmorton wishes to be on a more intimate footing . I am shy , and suspect that he is not very much other- wise ; and the consequence has been , that we have mutually wished an acquaintance without being able to accomplish it ...
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