Thrale
[threyl]
- Hester LynchHester Lynch Piozzi, 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
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Where would he have been if it had not been for Boswell and Thrale, and their imitators?
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)Augustus de Morgan
Mrs. Thrale was strolling about, and came to us as we got out of the chaise.
He was quite a lad before Dr. Johnson drank Mrs. Thrale's tea.
Backlog StudiesCharles Dudley Warner
On one subject only could Mrs. Thrale be tedious—her pedigree.
The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred AffectionsA. Edward Newton
It is no longer the fashion to blush as well as weep for Mrs. Thrale.
The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred AffectionsA. Edward Newton
Thrale
- Hester Lynch, known as Mrs Thrale or (later) Mrs Piozzi (née Salusbury). 1741–1821, English writer of memoirs, noted for her friendship with Dr Johnson. Her works include Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) and Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson (1788)
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