The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ...: Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1870 |
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... Italian to their glow- ing , bounding youthfulness : there they stood , railed in by themselves , silent , solemn , slow - playing for money , making a business of the thing , grave as judges , taciturn as chess- players — a sort of ...
... Italian to their glow- ing , bounding youthfulness : there they stood , railed in by themselves , silent , solemn , slow - playing for money , making a business of the thing , grave as judges , taciturn as chess- players — a sort of ...
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... Italy together , told me at the time that if ever they met the public eye it must be with such changes and curtailments as would almost destroy their authenticity . No one whom he ever met , if but once and in the most casual manner ...
... Italy together , told me at the time that if ever they met the public eye it must be with such changes and curtailments as would almost destroy their authenticity . No one whom he ever met , if but once and in the most casual manner ...
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... Italian , the Spanish , or ( setting aside Shakspeare ) the English . TO SIR WILLIAM ELFORD , Bickham , Plymouth . Three - mile Cross , Nov. 9 , 1824 . I begin my answer , my dear and valued friend , as soon as I receive your welcome ...
... Italian , the Spanish , or ( setting aside Shakspeare ) the English . TO SIR WILLIAM ELFORD , Bickham , Plymouth . Three - mile Cross , Nov. 9 , 1824 . I begin my answer , my dear and valued friend , as soon as I receive your welcome ...
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... Italian co - operated with the climate and the gaoler in killing him . Only think of never giving calomel till the two or three last days ! The effect that it had , even then , proves what it might have done if administered sooner . My ...
... Italian co - operated with the climate and the gaoler in killing him . Only think of never giving calomel till the two or three last days ! The effect that it had , even then , proves what it might have done if administered sooner . My ...
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... Italian news is very interesting , and quite new to me . Goldoni is the most insipid writer I ever read ; Alfieri is a very fine one , but unactable . A friend of mine ( the Rev. Maurice James ) translated his " Filippo , " and Charles ...
... Italian news is very interesting , and quite new to me . Goldoni is the most insipid writer I ever read ; Alfieri is a very fine one , but unactable . A friend of mine ( the Rev. Maurice James ) translated his " Filippo , " and Charles ...
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