The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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Stran 11
... woman had such keen eyes that she knew how to shut them upon occasion , and was blind to many faults * The portraits on the next page are from contemporary prints of this Princess , before her marriage and in her old age . which it ...
... woman had such keen eyes that she knew how to shut them upon occasion , and was blind to many faults * The portraits on the next page are from contemporary prints of this Princess , before her marriage and in her old age . which it ...
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... woman whose honest heart was always with her friends and dear old Deutschland , though her fat little body was confined at Paris , or Marly , or Versailles — has left us , in her enormous correspondence ( part of which has been printed ...
... woman whose honest heart was always with her friends and dear old Deutschland , though her fat little body was confined at Paris , or Marly , or Versailles — has left us , in her enormous correspondence ( part of which has been printed ...
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... woman is , and how astoundingly she lies ! She has bewitched two or three persons who have taken her up , and they won't believe in her wrong . Like Mary of Scotland , she finds adherents ready to conspire for her even in history , and ...
... woman is , and how astoundingly she lies ! She has bewitched two or three persons who have taken her up , and they won't believe in her wrong . Like Mary of Scotland , she finds adherents ready to conspire for her even in history , and ...
Stran 22
... woman stamped upon his mouth with her heel . He was despatched presently ; his body burnt the next day ; and all traces of the man disappeared . The guards who killed him were enjoined silence under severe penalties . The Princess was ...
... woman stamped upon his mouth with her heel . He was despatched presently ; his body burnt the next day ; and all traces of the man disappeared . The guards who killed him were enjoined silence under severe penalties . The Princess was ...
Stran 31
... woman's shame was held to be no dishonour . Mended morals and mended manners in Courts and people are among the price- less consequences of the freedom which George I. came to rescue and secure . He kept his compact with his English ...
... woman's shame was held to be no dishonour . Mended morals and mended manners in Courts and people are among the price- less consequences of the freedom which George I. came to rescue and secure . He kept his compact with his English ...
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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.