The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... called William the Pious by his small circle of subjects , over whom he ruled till fate deprived him both of sight and reason . Sometimes , in his latter days , the good Duke had glimpses of mental light , when he would bid his ...
... called William the Pious by his small circle of subjects , over whom he ruled till fate deprived him both of sight and reason . Sometimes , in his latter days , the good Duke had glimpses of mental light , when he would bid his ...
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... called henceforth the " Princess of Ahlden , " and her silent husband no more uttered her name . Four years after the Königsmarck catastrophe , Ernest Augustus , the first Elector of Hanover , died , and George Louis , his son , reigned ...
... called henceforth the " Princess of Ahlden , " and her silent husband no more uttered her name . Four years after the Königsmarck catastrophe , Ernest Augustus , the first Elector of Hanover , died , and George Louis , his son , reigned ...
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... called it in his first speech to Parliament . He brought with him a compact body of Germans , whose society he loved , and whom he kept round the Royal person . He had his faithful German cham- berlains ; his German secretaries ; his ...
... called it in his first speech to Parliament . He brought with him a compact body of Germans , whose society he loved , and whom he kept round the Royal person . He had his faithful German cham- berlains ; his German secretaries ; his ...
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... called Vauxhall a few years hence , when Hogarth will paint for it . Would you not like to step back into the past , and be introduced to Mr. Addison ? - not the Right Honourable Joseph Addison , Esquire , George I.'s Secretary of State ...
... called Vauxhall a few years hence , when Hogarth will paint for it . Would you not like to step back into the past , and be introduced to Mr. Addison ? - not the Right Honourable Joseph Addison , Esquire , George I.'s Secretary of State ...
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... called everybody thief , liar , rascal , with whom he differed , you will read in all the history books ; and how he speedily and shrewdly reconciled himself with the bold Minister , whom he had hated during his father's life , and by ...
... called everybody thief , liar , rascal , with whom he differed , you will read in all the history books ; and how he speedily and shrewdly reconciled himself with the bold Minister , whom he had hated during his father's life , and by ...
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acquaintance Addison admired asked beautiful Bolingbroke Brobdingnag called Captain character charming Congreve Court Dean dear death delightful dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink Duke Dunciad Earl Elizabeth Waldegrave England English equerries eyes famous fancy father fond fortune genius gentleman George George III George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover heart Hogarth honest honour humour John Gay Johnson Joseph Addison kind King Lady laugh letters little Princess lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer manner marriage married morning never night noble passed passion person play pleasure poet poor Pope Pope's pretty Prince Princess Queen round Royal Saint satire says smile society speak Spence's Anecdotes Stella story Struldbrugs Swift talk Tatler tell tender thought told Tom Jones took verses Whig whilst wife wine woman wonder writes wrote young
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Stran 337 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down...
Stran 224 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents...
Stran 327 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Stran 147 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
Stran 74 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Stran 220 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Stran 337 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
Stran 165 - Great Jonson did by strength of judgment please, Yet, doubling Fletcher's force, he wants his ease. In differing talents both adorned their age, One for the study, t'other for the stage.
Stran 119 - I lay, and woo the cooler wind. " I miss thee when by Gunga's stream my twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Stran 188 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.