Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More, Volume 2Harper & Bros., 1835 |
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... Bishop Porteus . St. James's Square , Jan. 16 , 1797 . MY DEAR MRS . MORE , For many virtues I allow you a very competent degree of merit ; but none at all for what you call temperance , but what I call niggardliness , in writing . If ...
... Bishop Porteus . St. James's Square , Jan. 16 , 1797 . MY DEAR MRS . MORE , For many virtues I allow you a very competent degree of merit ; but none at all for what you call temperance , but what I call niggardliness , in writing . If ...
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... bishop having provided for me an excellent place with Mrs. Porteus , so close to the altar that no peeress had so full an enjoyment of the affecting spectacle .. Many of your family , my dear madam , I had the satisfaction . to see ...
... bishop having provided for me an excellent place with Mrs. Porteus , so close to the altar that no peeress had so full an enjoyment of the affecting spectacle .. Many of your family , my dear madam , I had the satisfaction . to see ...
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... bishop , who has the management of the whole chapel , secured me a place with Mrs. Porteus so near the altar that I could hear every word distinctly . The royal bride behaved with great feeling and modesty ; the Prince of Wirtemberg had ...
... bishop , who has the management of the whole chapel , secured me a place with Mrs. Porteus so near the altar that I could hear every word distinctly . The royal bride behaved with great feeling and modesty ; the Prince of Wirtemberg had ...
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... Bishop of London's , and spent the evening at Gloucester House . I know not ... his seventy - second birth - day , rejoicing in his unim- paired strength and ... Porteus to Mrs. H. More . MY DEAR MRS . MORE , Betchworth , Aug. 31 , 1797 ...
... Bishop of London's , and spent the evening at Gloucester House . I know not ... his seventy - second birth - day , rejoicing in his unim- paired strength and ... Porteus to Mrs. H. More . MY DEAR MRS . MORE , Betchworth , Aug. 31 , 1797 ...
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... Bishop of Lin- coln gave me the enclosed . It was the result of the Lambeth ... Porteus were much pleased with her sweetness and good - humour . From Mrs. H ... bishop and began to tumble over the leaves , when among the first things I ...
... Bishop of Lin- coln gave me the enclosed . It was the result of the Lambeth ... Porteus were much pleased with her sweetness and good - humour . From Mrs. H ... bishop and began to tumble over the leaves , when among the first things I ...
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