The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The Four Georges; The English humorists of the eighteenth centurySmith, Elder & Company, 1879 |
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Stran 53
... were 800 horses in the stables , there was all the apparatus of chamberlains , court - marshals , and equerries ; and court assemblies were held every Saturday , where all the nobility of Hanover assembled at GEORGE THE SECOND . 53.
... were 800 horses in the stables , there was all the apparatus of chamberlains , court - marshals , and equerries ; and court assemblies were held every Saturday , where all the nobility of Hanover assembled at GEORGE THE SECOND . 53.
Stran 78
... equerries and women in waiting had their little dinner , and cackled over their tea . The King had his backgammon or his evening concert ; the equerries yawned themselves to death in the anteroom ; or the King and his family walked on ...
... equerries and women in waiting had their little dinner , and cackled over their tea . The King had his backgammon or his evening concert ; the equerries yawned themselves to death in the anteroom ; or the King and his family walked on ...
Stran 79
... equerries in their bedrooms ; and then trotted down to the bridge , where , by this time , a dozen of louts were assembled . " What ! is this Gloucester New Bridge ? " asked our gracious monarch ; and the people answered him , " Yes ...
... equerries in their bedrooms ; and then trotted down to the bridge , where , by this time , a dozen of louts were assembled . " What ! is this Gloucester New Bridge ? " asked our gracious monarch ; and the people answered him , " Yes ...
Stran 81
... the King's chapel in the castle . There were no fires in the passages : the chapel was scarcely alight ; princesses , governesses , equerries grumbled and G caught cold but cold or hot , it was their GEORGE THE THIRD . 81.
... the King's chapel in the castle . There were no fires in the passages : the chapel was scarcely alight ; princesses , governesses , equerries grumbled and G caught cold but cold or hot , it was their GEORGE THE THIRD . 81.
Stran 83
... equerries and ladies , frightened the modest little circle , with their coarse spirits and loud talk . Of little comfort , indeed , were the King's sons to the King . But the pretty Amelia was his darling ; and the little maiden ...
... equerries and ladies , frightened the modest little circle , with their coarse spirits and loud talk . Of little comfort , indeed , were the King's sons to the King . But the pretty Amelia was his darling ; and the little maiden ...
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Addison admired asked beautiful Bolingbroke called Captain character charming Congreve Court crown 8vo dance Dean dear death delightful dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink Duke Dunciad Earl England English equerries eyes famous fancy father fond fortune French genius gentleman George George III George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover heart Hogarth honest honour humour John Gay Johnson Jonathan Wild Joseph Addison kind King lady laugh letters lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer manner marriage married morning never night noble passed periwig person play pleasure poet poor Pope Pope's pretty Prince Princess Queen royal satire says smile society speak Spence's Anecdotes Stella Sterne story Struldbrugs Swift talk Tatler tell tender thought told Tom Jones took verses Whig whilst wife William the Pious woman wonder writes wrote young