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Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany.
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ISBN: 0511732015 1108018823 Year: 1789 Publisher: Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press

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In the second volume of Piozzi's Observations, the travels continue from Naples and into Germany before the return to England. Well educated and accustomed to society and activity, Hester relished her intellectual collaboration and close friendship with Samuel Johnson, developed during her first marriage to the successful but stifling Henry Thrale. Yet as Johnson became ill he was increasingly demanding of her attention as a nurse and they became susceptible to society gossip. Hester's second marriage, to Italian musician Gabriel Mario Piozzi in 1784, was therefore extremely liberating. The European travels recounted in these volumes were an escape, and Hester revelled in her experiences, a joy which shows through clearly in this development of her own, non-Johnsonian literary tone. The books were well received, even being read at court by Queen Charlotte and Fanny Burney. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=piozhe

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Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany.
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ISBN: 0511732007 1108018815 Year: 1789 Publisher: Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press

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Hester Piozzi's 1789 Observations is an entertaining title, with a conversational, present-tense style that makes it stand out from other (largely male) travel writing of the period. Extremely well-educated and accustomed to society and activity, Hester was stifled in her first marriage to brewer Henry Thrale. A close friend of Samuel Johnson, she collaborated with him on several works, but also found herself increasingly called upon to nurse him as he became ill. Her second marriage to Italian musician Gabriel Mario Piozzi in 1784 was therefore extremely liberating. The European travels recounted in these volumes were an escape, allowing Hester to develop her own literary tone. This first volume recounts the beginnings of their travels through France and Italy, and Hester's enjoyment of her experiences shows through clearly in the liveliness of her writing. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=piozhe

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British Synonymy, or an attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation.
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Year: 1804 Publisher: Paris : Parsons and Galignani,

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British synonymy, 1794,
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Year: 1968 Publisher: Menston, (Yorks.) : Scolar P.,

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Retrospection : or, A review of the most striking and important events, characters, situations, and their consequences : which the last eighteen hundred years have presented to the view of mankind
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Year: 1801

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Thraliana : the diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale (later Mrs. Piozzi) 1776-1809
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Year: 1942

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Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)
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Year: 2017 Publisher: Project Gutenberg

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Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)
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Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Year: 2005 Publisher: Project Gutenberg

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Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany
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Year: 1967 Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,

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