The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... delight in Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which William the Pious and Doctor Luther sang ...
... delight in Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which William the Pious and Doctor Luther sang ...
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... delightful glimpses of the town life of those days . In the company of that charming guide , we may go to the opera , the comedy , the puppet - show , the auction , even the cockpit : we can take boat at Temple Stairs , and accompany ...
... delightful glimpses of the town life of those days . In the company of that charming guide , we may go to the opera , the comedy , the puppet - show , the auction , even the cockpit : we can take boat at Temple Stairs , and accompany ...
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... Delightful as London city was , King George I. liked to be out of it as much as ever he could ; and when there , passed all his time with his Germans . It was with them as with Blucher , a hundred years afterwards , when the bold old ...
... Delightful as London city was , King George I. liked to be out of it as much as ever he could ; and when there , passed all his time with his Germans . It was with them as with Blucher , a hundred years afterwards , when the bold old ...
Stran 45
... delightfully sober letters . Addressing Mr. Gay at Tunbridge ( he was , you know , a poet , penniless and in disgrace ) , she says : " The place you are in has strangely filled your head with physicians and cures ; but , take my word ...
... delightfully sober letters . Addressing Mr. Gay at Tunbridge ( he was , you know , a poet , penniless and in disgrace ) , she says : " The place you are in has strangely filled your head with physicians and cures ; but , take my word ...
Stran 46
... delightful lady : - " I know a thing that's most uncommon-- Envy , be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman , Handsome , yet witty , and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion , aw'd by rumour , Not grave through pride , or gay ...
... delightful lady : - " I know a thing that's most uncommon-- Envy , be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman , Handsome , yet witty , and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion , aw'd by rumour , Not grave through pride , or gay ...
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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.