(3 works of Hester Thrale British diarist, author, and pat...)
3 works of Hester Thrale British diarist, author, and patron of the arts (1741-1821) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Hester Thrale. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson - Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi Volume I - Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I
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Hester was born on January 27, 1741, at Bodvel Hall, Caernarvonshire, Wales, the only daughter of Hester and John Salusbury. As a member of the powerful Salusbury Family, she belonged to one of the most illustrious Welsh land-owning dynasties of the Georgian era. Through her father's line she was a direct descendant of Katheryn of Berain.
Having been the hostess of Dr. Johnson for weeks at a time, she was able, when she published her Anecdotes of Johnson (1786), to provide a valuable picture of the great man in a domestic setting. She also published an edition of his letters and a number of other works. Her voluminous diary, Thraliana, was edited by Katharine Balderston and published in two volumes in 1942.
(3 works of Hester Thrale British diarist, author, and pat...)
Quotations:
"Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes – worse. "
"A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass. "
After her father had gone bankrupt in an attempt to invest in Halifax, Canada, she married the rich brewer Henry Thrale on 11 October 1763, at St. Anne's Chapel, Soho, London. They had 12 children and lived at Streatham Park. The marriage often was strained, however, her husband frequently felt slighted by members of the court and may well have married to improve his social status. The Thrales' eldest daughter, Hester, became a viscountess.
Later Hester fell in love with Gabriel Mario Piozzi, an Italian music teacher, and married him on 25 July 1784.
Sir John Salusbury was a Welsh nobleman, explorer and co-founder of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She was a British literary correspondent and intellectual.
He was an 18th-century English Member of Parliament (MP).
he was born in 1741 and died in 1821.
