… came to consider him ‘a prodigious Favourite’ ( Thraliana I, 452). Within months, Piozzi would sing Italian songs of love to her which she joyously translated into English. Henry Thrale meanwhile deteriorated rapidly: suffering a series … Samuel Johnson, almost prevented their union. Having married for convenience once, Hester now decided to marry for love and to pay the social price for her perceived mésalliance exacted: ostracized by her old circles on account of her …
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Mary Delany
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… Royal Princesses and King. I have been several evenings at the Queen's Lodge, with no other company but their own most lovely family. They sit round a large table, on which are books, work, pencils, and paper. The Queen has the goodness to …