The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... society of the reign of George III .; had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry , the patroness of Gay and Prior , the admired young beauty of the Court of Queen Anne . I often thought as I took my kind old friend's hand , how with it I ...
... society of the reign of George III .; had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry , the patroness of Gay and Prior , the admired young beauty of the Court of Queen Anne . I often thought as I took my kind old friend's hand , how with it I ...
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... society so vast , busy , brilliant , it is impossible in four brief chapters to give a complete notion ; but we may peep here and there into that bygone world of the Georges , see what they and their Courts were like ; glance at the ...
... society so vast , busy , brilliant , it is impossible in four brief chapters to give a complete notion ; but we may peep here and there into that bygone world of the Georges , see what they and their Courts were like ; glance at the ...
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... society properly . Re- member the glory and the chivalry ? Yes ! Remember the grace and beauty , the splendour and lofty politeness ; the gallant courtesy of Fontenoy , where the French line bids the gentlemen of the English guard to ...
... society properly . Re- member the glory and the chivalry ? Yes ! Remember the grace and beauty , the splendour and lofty politeness ; the gallant courtesy of Fontenoy , where the French line bids the gentlemen of the English guard to ...
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... 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 wars ; his two ugly elderly German favourites ...
... 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 wars ; his two ugly elderly German favourites ...
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... society - at this King , at these courtiers , at these politicians , at these bishops - at this flaunting vice and levity . Where- abouts in this Court is the honest man ? Where is the pure person one may like ? The air stifles one with ...
... society - at this King , at these courtiers , at these politicians , at these bishops - at this flaunting vice and levity . Where- abouts in this Court is the honest man ? Where is the pure person one may like ? The air stifles one with ...
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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.