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A History of the County of Bedford
… Mich. 3 Geo. I. Lysons, Mag. Brit. i, 109. Hester Lynch Piozzi (17411821), Johnson's friend and biographer, spent her …
A History of the County of Worcester
… noble room, and 'we were treated with great civility.' Piozzi relates that he heard Dr. Johnson protest that he …
A History of the County of Surrey
… for ever in 1782, 22 and though Mrs. Thrale, then Mrs. Piozzi, was here again in 1790 23, it was not her permanent … Dobson), i, 56; ii, 19, 22, 27, 95. Autobiog. LettersMrs. Piozzi (ed. A. Hayward, ii, 9). Boswell, op. cit. iv, 158. Autobiog. LettersMrs. Piozzi (ed. A. Hayward), i, 1790. Dict. Nat. Biog. Diary …
Survey of London
… 172. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi, ed. H. Hayward, 1861. 173. P.C.C., Auber 37. 174. …
Survey of London
… 1936, pp. 478, 52; James L. Clifford, Hester Lynch Piozzi ( Mrs. Thrale), 1952, pp. 19, 46. 25. Diary and …
Old and New London
… to July inclusive. "Of the Literary Club," says Mrs. Piozzi, in her "Johnsoniana," "I have heard Dr. Johnson speak …
Old and New London
… David BarclayOrigin of the Firm of Barclay and PerkinsMrs. Piozzi, and her Literary AcquaintancesAccount of the various … of Streatham Villa, the friend of Johnson, and the wife of Piozzi, to become a shining light in English literature. … in their villa at Streatham." "The first time," says Mrs. Piozzi, "I ever saw this extraordinary man was in the year …
Old and New London
… a reality, and it seemed strange to hear him speak of Mrs. Piozzi, as if he had been one of the old circle at Thrale's. …
The Environs of London
… which afterwards came to the Carews 20. Seat of Gabriel Piozzi, Esq. Portraits in the library. Dr. Johnson's … Henry Thrale, Esq. and is now the residence of Gabriel Piozzi, Esq. who married his widow. The house, which is pleasant and commodious, has been much improved by Mr. Piozzi. In the library is a very valuable set of portraits, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… his time, was the seat of Mrs. Thrale, afterwards Madame Piozzi. The neighbourhood is richly wooded, and diversified …