Fanny Burney - Diary and Letters » Mr. Thrale

“Everything is a Bore”

Fanny Burney — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:56:23 +0000

Sunday, June 20,-While I was sitting with Mr. Thrale, in the library, Mr. Seward entered. As soon as the first inquiries were over, he spoke about what he calls our comedy, and he pressed and teazed me to set about it. But he grew, in the evening, so queer, so ennuy`e, that, in a fit [...]

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Mr. Murphy’s Concern

Fanny Burney — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:37:17 +0000

Streatham, May, Friday. Once more, my dearest Susy, I will attempt journalising, and endeavour, according to my promise, to keep up something of the kind during our absence, however brief and curtailed. To-day, while Mrs. Thrale was chatting with me in my room, we saw Mr. Murphy drive into the courtyard. Down stairs flew Mrs. [...]

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Sir Philip Jennings Clerke

Fanny Burney — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:02:03 +0000

Streatham, February.-I have been here so long, MY dearest Susan, Without writing a word, that now I hardly know where or how to begin, But I will try to draw up a concise account of what has passed for this last fortnight, and then endeavour to be more minute. Mrs. Thrale and Dr. Johnson vied [...]

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A Streatham Dinner Party

Fanny Burney — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:13:28 +0000

Monday was the day for our great party; and the Doctor came home, at Mrs Thrale’s request, to meet them. The party consisted of Mr. C–, who was formerly a timber-merchant, but having amassed a fortune of one million of pounds, he has left off business. He is a good-natured busy sort of man. Mrs. [...]

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Suggested Husbands

Fanny Burney — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:16:42 +0000

Sept. 26-The present chief sport with Mrs. Thrale is disposing of me in the holy state of matrimony, and she offers me whoever comes to the house. This was begun by Mrs. Montagu, who, it seems, proposed a match for me in my absence, with Sir Joshua Reynolds!-no less a man, I assure you! When [...]

Dr. Johnson’s Compliments and Gross Speeches

Fanny Burney — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:57:41 +0000

Monday, Sept. 21.-I have had a thousand delightful conversations with Dr. Johnson, who, whether he loves me or not, I am sure seems to have some opinion of my discretion, for he speaks of all this house to me with unbounded confidence, neither diminishing faults, nor exaggerating praise. Whenever he is below stairs he keeps [...]

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