 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 pages
...mischief ! If the last act is yet to do, I, who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you — I, who long thought you the first of womankind...once was, madam, most truly yours, Sam. Johnson." Mrs. Thrale replied with spirit and dignity to this cry of blind indignation, speaking of her husband... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1880 - 606 pages
...mischief. If the last act is yet to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you, I who long thought you the first of womankind,...I once was, Madam, most truly yours, SAM JOHNSON. I will come down, if you permit it. OXLIX. Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Piozzl. v/ London : July 8, 1784.... | |
 | Authors, English - 1880 - 556 pages
...the last act is yet to do, I, who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served yon — I, who long thought you the first of womankind —...once was, madam, most truly, yours, Sam. Johnson. " Mrs. Thrale replied with spirit and dignity to this cry of blind indignation, speaking of her husband... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1880 - 608 pages
...mischief. If the last act is yet to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you, I who long thought you the first of womankind,...entreat that, before your fate is irrevocable, I may onco more see you. I was, I once was, Madam, most truly yours, SAM JOHNSON. I will come down, if you... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - Authors - 1883 - 416 pages
...inclinations." When Mrs. Thrale announced that Piozzi had returned to her, Johnson wrote to her thus : — long thought you the first of womankind, entreat that,...JOHNSON. July 2, 1784. I will come down if you permit it. The reply from Mrs. Piozzi is dignified enough : July 4, 1784. SIR,— I have this morning received... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 556 pages
...mischief. If the last act is yet to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you, I who long thought you the first of womankind,...I once was, madam, most truly yours, SAM. JOHNSON. MRS. PIOZZI TO DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. Sir: July 4, 1784. I have this morning received from you so rough... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1883 - 624 pages
...to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you, I who long thought yo« the first of womankind, entreat that, before your...I once was, Madam, most truly yours, SAM JOHNSON. I will come down, if you permit it. OXLIX. Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Piozzi. London : July 8, 1784.... | |
 | Famous people - 1883 - 552 pages
...no further mischief. If the last act is yet to do, I, who have loved you, reverenced you, and served you ; I, who long thought you the first of womankind,...fate is irrevocable, I may once more see you. I was, 1 once was, Madam, yours most truly, " SAM. JOHNSON. "July 2, 1784. " I will come down if you permit... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - Authors - 1883 - 438 pages
...you ; I who Ui(J llumu.lil yuu the first of womankind, entreat that, befure your fate l» innvwuble, I may once more see you. I was, I once was, Madam, ituiKl truly y,jurH, SAM. JOHNSON. July ', 1784. I will come down if you permit it. I he reply from... | |
 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 400 pages
...mischief. If the last act is yet to do, I, who have loved you, esteemed you, reverenced you, and served you — I who long thought you the first of womankind...once was, Madam, most truly yours, "SAM. JOHNSON." In her reply she resents his interference with her choice of the Italian singer. At last when JOHNSON... | |
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... together. If you have abandoned your children and your religion, God forgive your wickedness ; if you have forfeited your fame and your country, may your folly do no further mischief ! If the last act is yet to do, I who have loved you, esteemed you,... 
