The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... thing as the Tuileries at Paris , only the Park has a certain beauty of simplicity which cannot be described . The grand walk is called the Mall ; is full of people at every hour of the day , but especially at morning and evening , when ...
... thing as the Tuileries at Paris , only the Park has a certain beauty of simplicity which cannot be described . The grand walk is called the Mall ; is full of people at every hour of the day , but especially at morning and evening , when ...
Strana 46
... thing that's most uncommon-- Envy , be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman , Handsome , yet witty , and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion , aw'd by rumour , Not grave through pride , or gay through folly : An equal mixture ...
... thing that's most uncommon-- Envy , be silent and attend ! — I know a reasonable woman , Handsome , yet witty , and a friend : " Not warp'd by passion , aw'd by rumour , Not grave through pride , or gay through folly : An equal mixture ...
Strana 47
... things the most miserable , and wished that all women who envied it had a specimen of it . To eat Westphalia ham of a morning , ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks , come home in the heat of the day with a fever , and ( what ...
... things the most miserable , and wished that all women who envied it had a specimen of it . To eat Westphalia ham of a morning , ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks , come home in the heat of the day with a fever , and ( what ...
Strana 68
... thing died pre- sently of consumption , accelerated , it was said , by the red and white paint with which she plastered those luckless charms of hers . ( We must represent to ourselves all fashionable female Europe , at that time , as ...
... thing died pre- sently of consumption , accelerated , it was said , by the red and white paint with which she plastered those luckless charms of hers . ( We must represent to ourselves all fashionable female Europe , at that time , as ...
Strana 100
... thing for this doomed one , and tending to lead him yet farther on the road to the deuce , that , besides being lovely , so that women were fascinated by him ; and heir - apparent , so that all the world flattered him ; he should have a ...
... thing for this doomed one , and tending to lead him yet farther on the road to the deuce , that , besides being lovely , so that women were fascinated by him ; and heir - apparent , so that all the world flattered him ; he should have a ...
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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.