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Thrale

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Thrale  (thrl), Mrs.
See Hester Lynch Piozzi.
Thrale [θreɪl]
n
(Biographies / Thrale, Hester Lynch (1741-1821) F, English, WRITING: writer of memoirs) Hester Lynch, known as Mrs Thrale or (later) Mrs Piozzi (née Salusbury). 1741-1821, English writer of memoirs, noted for her friendship with Dr Johnson. Her works include Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) and Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson (1788)


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Johnson himself was sometimes exasperated by their peevishness and even driven to take refuge from his own home in that 'of his wealthy friends the Thrales, where, indeed, he had a room of his own; but he never allowed any one else to criticize or speak harshly of them.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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