The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Količina 7Harper & bros., 1898 |
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Stran xxx
... English aristocracy . My honour was wounded at the idea that a friend should make such a charge against me . A critic may like or dislike my books , and of course is welcome to his opinion , but he has no right to attribute to DRILL . 1 ...
... English aristocracy . My honour was wounded at the idea that a friend should make such a charge against me . A critic may like or dislike my books , and of course is welcome to his opinion , but he has no right to attribute to DRILL . 1 ...
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... English Funds , they tell me ? . . . I hope to make nearly double what I have before I bend my steps homeward , and then shall get ready some fresh lectures for a new campaign . They will bear me over again in this country , and like me ...
... English Funds , they tell me ? . . . I hope to make nearly double what I have before I bend my steps homeward , and then shall get ready some fresh lectures for a new campaign . They will bear me over again in this country , and like me ...
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... English Principality , though in the early times its revenues were but small . Indeed , for near eighty years after our forefathers possessed them , our plantations were in the hands of factors , who enriched themselves one after ...
... English Principality , though in the early times its revenues were but small . Indeed , for near eighty years after our forefathers possessed them , our plantations were in the hands of factors , who enriched themselves one after ...
Stran 9
... English peerage for him , which the junior branch of our family at present enjoys . She was a great friend of Sir Robert Walpole , and would not rest until her husband slept at Lain- beth , my papa used laughing to say . However , the ...
... English peerage for him , which the junior branch of our family at present enjoys . She was a great friend of Sir Robert Walpole , and would not rest until her husband slept at Lain- beth , my papa used laughing to say . However , the ...
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... English and Scottish houses I could name ) , was prouder of his post about the Court than of his ancestral honours , and valued his dignity ( as Warden of the Butteries and Groom of the King's Posset ) so highly , that he cheerfully ...
... English and Scottish houses I could name ) , was prouder of his post about the Court than of his ancestral honours , and valued his dignity ( as Warden of the Butteries and Groom of the King's Posset ) so highly , that he cheerfully ...
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Stran 444 - ... a one in the world. If you continue to treat me as you do, you will not be made uneasy by me long. It is impossible to describe what I have suffered since I saw you last : I am sure I could have borne the rack much better than those killing, killing words of yours. Sometimes I have resolved to die without seeing you more ; but those resolves, to your misfortune, did not last long ; for there is something in human nature that prompts one so to find relief in this world I must give way to it, and...