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Piozzi; but in the Memoirs of Dr. Burney, which, as Mme. D'Arblay, she wrote long afterwards, she leaves little doubt that Streatham was given up as a step towards the second marriage. In 1782, on a visit there, she found that her father 'and all others Dr. Johnson not excepted were cast into the same gulf of general neglect. As Mrs.
Piozzi cannot, could not, I am sure, exist without some one upon whom to energize her affections; his Uncle is gone, and she is much obliged to young Salusbury for being ready at her hand to pet and spoil; her children will not suffer her to love them, and' with a coarse laugh 'what will she do when this fellow throws her off, as he soon will? Shephard was right enough.
In 1739 Whitefield wrote: 'God having given me great favour in the gaoler's eyes, I preached a sermon on the Penitent Thief, to the poor prisoners in Newgate. He began to read prayers and preach to them every day, till the Mayor and Sheriffs forbade Mr. Dagge to allow him to preach again. Tyerman's Whitefield, i. 179. Vol. ii. p. 163. Mrs. Piozzi has omitted the name, she best knows why.
'We came late to Aberdeen, where I found my dear mistress's letter, and learned that all our little people were happily recovered of the measles. Every part of your letter was pleasing. Piozzi Letters, i. 115. For Johnson's use of the word mistress in speaking of Mrs. Thrale see ante, i. 494. See ante, ii. 455.
The final catastrophe came in 1784, less than six months before Johnson's death. After much suffering in mind and body, Mrs. Thrale had at last induced her daughters to consent to her marriage with Piozzi. She sent for him at once, and they were married in June, 1784. A painful correspondence followed. Mrs.
On p. 258, Mrs. Piozzi writes: 'No one was indeed so attentive not to offend in all such sort of things as Dr. Johnson; nor so careful to maintain the ceremonies of life; and though he told Mr.
Johnson wrote on Oct. 24, 1778: 'My two clerical friends Darby and Worthington have both died this month. I have known Worthington long, and to die is dreadful. I believe he was a very good man. Piozzi Letters, ii. 26. Thomas, the second Lord Lyttelton. Mr. DUPPA. He was also the architect of the Oxford Market, which was opened in 1774. Oxford during the Last Century, ed. 1859, p. 45.
Johnson were always buzzing around the literary women of that day, the pretty D'Arblay, the dignified Mistress Montague of Portman Square, and the great Piozzi herself of course, you remember?" "Yes, I remember," whispered Robert, his face once more hidden, but a great peace possessing him. "Ben," he cried, almost joyfully, "what's the title of Helen's play?"
BOSWELL. Johnson mentioned the 'sutile pictures' in a letter dated May 16, 1776, describing the dinner at Messrs. Dilly's. 'And there, he wrote, 'was Mrs. She is a Staffordshire woman, and I am to go and see her. Staffordshire is the nursery of art; here they grow up till they are transplanted to London. Piozzi Letters, i. 326.
Walpole's Letters, viii. 494. See ante, iii. 250, 336, and post, Aug. 19, 1784. On the last day of the old year he wrote: 'To any man who extends his thoughts to national consideration, the times are dismal and gloomy. But to a sick man, what is the publick? Piozzi Letters, ii. 344. The original of the following note is in the admirable collection of autographs belonging to my friend, Mr.
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