The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... 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'Olbreuse , from whom our Queen is descended . Eleanor had ...
... 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'Olbreuse , from whom our Queen is descended . Eleanor had ...
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... brought the reversion to the crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty trousseau . One of the handsomest , the most cheerful , sensible , shrewd , accomplished of women was Sophia , * daughter of poor Frede- rick , the winter King of ...
... brought the reversion to the crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty trousseau . One of the handsomest , the most cheerful , sensible , shrewd , accomplished of women was Sophia , * daughter of poor Frede- rick , the winter King of ...
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... brought his pretty neck out of it . He went over to Hanover , and was soon appointed colonel of a regiment of H.E. Highness's dragoons . In early life he had been page in the Court of Celle ; and it was said that he and the pretty ...
... brought his pretty neck out of it . He went over to Hanover , and was soon appointed colonel of a regiment of H.E. Highness's dragoons . In early life he had been page in the Court of Celle ; and it was said that he and the pretty ...
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... brought the news to their mistress . She went to Ernest Augustus , and procured from the Elector an order for the arrest of the Swede . On the way by which he was to come , four guards were commissioned to take him . He strove to cut ...
... brought the news to their mistress . She went to Ernest Augustus , and procured from the Elector an order for the arrest of the Swede . On the way by which he was to come , four guards were commissioned to take him . He strove to cut ...
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... brought with him a compact body of Germans , whose society he loved , and whom he kept round the Royal person . He had his faithful German cham- berlains ; his German secretaries ; his negroes , captives of his bow and spear in Turkish ...
... brought with him a compact body of Germans , whose society he loved , and whom he kept round the Royal person . He had his faithful German cham- berlains ; his German secretaries ; his negroes , captives of his bow and spear in Turkish ...
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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.