The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... Prince dying in his little wood - built capital , and his seven sons tossing up which should inherit and transmit the crown of Brentford . Duke George , the lucky prizeman , made the tour of Europe , during which he visited the Court of ...
... Prince dying in his little wood - built capital , and his seven sons tossing up which should inherit and transmit the crown of Brentford . Duke George , the lucky prizeman , made the tour of Europe , during which he visited the Court of ...
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... Prince , then , loving Venice and its pleasures , brought Italian singers and dancers back with him to quiet old Zell ; and , worse still , demeaned himself by marrying a French lady of birth quite inferior to his own -Eleanor d ...
... Prince , then , loving Venice and its pleasures , brought Italian singers and dancers back with him to quiet old Zell ; and , worse still , demeaned himself by marrying a French lady of birth quite inferior to his own -Eleanor d ...
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... prince imitated the French King , and had his Ver- sailles , his Wilhelmshöhe or Ludwigslust ; his Court and its splendours ; his gardens laid out with statues ; his fountains , and waterworks , and Tritons ; his actors , and dancers ...
... prince imitated the French King , and had his Ver- sailles , his Wilhelmshöhe or Ludwigslust ; his Court and its splendours ; his gardens laid out with statues ; his fountains , and waterworks , and Tritons ; his actors , and dancers ...
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... Prince , and the gracious Princess ; and is presented to the chief lords and ladies , and then comes supper and a bank at Faro , where he loses or wins a thousand pieces by daylight . If it is a German Court , you may add not a little ...
... Prince , and the gracious Princess ; and is presented to the chief lords and ladies , and then comes supper and a bank at Faro , where he loses or wins a thousand pieces by daylight . If it is a German Court , you may add not a little ...
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... prince , fond of dinner and the bottle ; liked to go to Italy , as his brothers had done before him ; and we read how he jovially sold 6,700 of his Hanoverians to the Seigniory of Venice . They went bravely off to the Morea , under ...
... prince , fond of dinner and the bottle ; liked to go to Italy , as his brothers had done before him ; and we read how he jovially sold 6,700 of his Hanoverians to the Seigniory of Venice . They went bravely off to the Morea , under ...
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Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 337 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.