Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… It remained unpublished during her lifetime. 7 In 1776, Henry Thrale presented his wife with six handsome blank quarto volumes, the Thraliana , in which Hester began to jot down her own English ‘ ana ’: a collection of anecdotes and … – all in all, a medley from which many insights into eighteenth-century sociable practices can be gleaned. The second volume particularly focuses on interesting bon mots , anecdotes, and conversational snippets concerning Samuel Johnson, …
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