Tetty

"Tetty" it should not be, if for no other reason, for this -- that the chance of writing "Tetty" as a title is a kind of facile literary opportunity; it shall be denied.

Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884

Hector spoke of Johnson there being "withdrawn, heedless, or neglectful," talking to himself in "peevish fits," a habit of emotional insolvency he carried into his marriage with the famous Tetty.

The Powers of Dr. Johnson O'Hagan, Andrew 2009

His oddities of manner, and uncouth gesticulations, could not but be the subject of merriment to them; and, in particular, the young rogues used to listen at the door of his bed-chamber, and peep through the key-hole, that they might turn into ridicule his tumultuous and awkward fondness for Mrs. Johnson, whom he used to name by the familiar appellation of Tetty or Tetsey, which, like Betty or

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

I know not whether I do not too much indulge the vain longings of affection; but I hope they intenerate my heart, and that when I die like my Tetty, this affection will be acknowledged in a happy interview, and that in the mean time I am incited by it to piety.

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

I suspect, after poor tottery Tetty is gone, Hans will buy out his heirs with a gimcrack title elsewhere and a lot of money and make a Martian the next Duke -- who may not even know he's a puppet.

A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974

He once actually quarrelled with 'Tetty,' who, despite her ridiculous name, was a very sensible woman with a very sharp tongue, and for a season, like stars, they dwelt apart.

Obiter Dicta Second Series Augustine Birrell 1891

'I laid this summer a stone over Tetty, in the chapel of Bromley, in Kent [1198].

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

I have now uttered a prayer of repentance and contrition; perhaps Tetty knows that I prayed for her.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

I kept back; used again the foregoing prayer; again commended Tetty, and lifted up my heart for the rest.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

It is likewise the day on which my poor Tetty was taken from me.

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887