The Four Georges: The English Humourists of the Eighteenth CenturySmith, Elder, 1869 - 362 strani |
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... play the psalm - tunes which he loved . One thinks of a descendant of his , two hundred years afterwards , blind , old , and lost of wits , singing Handel in Windsor Tower . William the Pious had fifteen children , eight daughters and ...
... play the psalm - tunes which he loved . One thinks of a descendant of his , two hundred years afterwards , blind , old , and lost of wits , singing Handel in Windsor Tower . William the Pious had fifteen children , eight daughters and ...
Stran 46
... play in the deaths of kings is the most ghastly of all the ceremonial : the lying eulogies , the blinking of disagreeable truths , the sickening flatteries , the simulated grief , the falsehood and sycophancies — all uttered in the name ...
... play in the deaths of kings is the most ghastly of all the ceremonial : the lying eulogies , the blinking of disagreeable truths , the sickening flatteries , the simulated grief , the falsehood and sycophancies — all uttered in the name ...
Stran 50
... played all sorts of games , which , with the exception of cricket and tennis , have quite gone out of our manners now . In the old prints of St. James's Park , you still see the marks along the walk , to note the balls when the Court played ...
... played all sorts of games , which , with the exception of cricket and tennis , have quite gone out of our manners now . In the old prints of St. James's Park , you still see the marks along the walk , to note the balls when the Court played ...
Stran 51
... playing old tunes in quaint old minor keys , as the Beau takes out one lady after the other , and solemnly dances with her ! The very great folks , young noblemen , with their governors , and the like , went abroad and made the great ...
... playing old tunes in quaint old minor keys , as the Beau takes out one lady after the other , and solemnly dances with her ! The very great folks , young noblemen , with their governors , and the like , went abroad and made the great ...
Stran 53
... playing at cards for many hours every day . The custom is well nigh gone out among us now , but fifty years ago was general , fifty years before that almost universal , in the country . " Gaming has become so much the fashion , " writes ...
... playing at cards for many hours every day . The custom is well nigh gone out among us now , but fifty years ago was general , fifty years before that almost universal , in the country . " Gaming has become so much the fashion , " writes ...
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The Four Georges: The English Humourists Of The Eighteenth Century William Makepeace Thackeray Predogled ni na voljo - 2019 |
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Stran 284 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Stran 356 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Stran 241 - 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 205 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Stran 260 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Stran 164 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Stran 135 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Stran 133 - But when at morn and eve the star Beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Thy prayers ascend for me.
Stran 207 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Stran 164 - 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.