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... DINNERS . 203 ON SOME OLD CUSTOMS OF THE DINNER - TABLE 209 • • GREAT AND LITTLE DINNERS . 215 ON LOVE , MARRIAGE , MEN , AND WOMEN . 221 OUT OF TOWN . . . 237 ON A LADY IN AN OPERA - BOX 250 ON THE PLEASURES OF BEING A FOGY . 257 ...
... DINNERS . 203 ON SOME OLD CUSTOMS OF THE DINNER - TABLE 209 • • GREAT AND LITTLE DINNERS . 215 ON LOVE , MARRIAGE , MEN , AND WOMEN . 221 OUT OF TOWN . . . 237 ON A LADY IN AN OPERA - BOX 250 ON THE PLEASURES OF BEING A FOGY . 257 ...
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William Makepeace Thackeray. CHILD'S PARTIES THE CURATE'S WALK A DINNER IN THE CITY WAITING AT THE STATION A NIGHT'S PLEASURE · GOING TO SEE A MAN HANGED PAGE 269 281 293 309 317 345 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . GEORGE III . ( Etching by iv ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. CHILD'S PARTIES THE CURATE'S WALK A DINNER IN THE CITY WAITING AT THE STATION A NIGHT'S PLEASURE · GOING TO SEE A MAN HANGED PAGE 269 281 293 309 317 345 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . GEORGE III . ( Etching by iv ...
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... dinner , they shall be served with their under - drink every morning , except Friday morning , when there was sermon , and no drink . Every eve- ning they shall have their beer , and at night their sleep - drink . The butler is ...
... dinner , they shall be served with their under - drink every morning , except Friday morning , when there was sermon , and no drink . Every eve- ning they shall have their beer , and at night their sleep - drink . The butler is ...
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... him ; and the stag is pulled down ; and the grand huntsman gives the knife in the midst of a chorus of bugles ; and ' t is time the Court go home to dinner ; - and our noble traveller , it may be the Baron 6 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... him ; and the stag is pulled down ; and the grand huntsman gives the knife in the midst of a chorus of bugles ; and ' t is time the Court go home to dinner ; - and our noble traveller , it may be the Baron 6 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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... dinner and the bottle ; liked to go to Italy , as his brothers had done before him ; and we read how he jovially sold six thousand seven hundred of his Hanoverians to the seigniory of Venice . They went bravely off to the Morea , under ...
... dinner and the bottle ; liked to go to Italy , as his brothers had done before him ; and we read how he jovially sold six thousand seven hundred of his Hanoverians to the seigniory of Venice . They went bravely off to the Morea , under ...
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admire amuse asked Augustus Toplady ball Ballinafad beautiful better Bob Brown Brown called carriage Club Court Covent Garden creature crowd dance dear Bob delightful dine dinner door drawing-room dress drink Duke England English equerries eyes face fancy fashion father fellow Fogy French Fugleman gentle gentleman George George III George Selwyn girl give glass hand handsome Hanover happy head heart honest honor hundred jokes jolly jolly fellows Jones kind King ladies laugh Lawfeldt little Princess London look Lord Majesty manner married Miss morning never night Oldboy Pantomime party passed person play pleasant pleasure Pocklington poor present pretty Prince Prince of Wales Princess Queen round royal smile society story Street talk thousand waistcoat walk wife William the Pious wine woman women wonder young young bucks youth
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Seite 79 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Seite 137 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 100 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Seite 137 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Seite 82 - 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.
Seite 137 - Which was the most splendid spectacle ever witnessed — the opening feast of Prince George in London, or the resignation of Washington ? Which is the noble character for after ages to admire — yon fribble dancing in lace and spangles, or yonder hero who sheathes his sword after a life of spotless honor, a purity unreproached, a courage indomitable, and a consummate victory?
Seite 117 - The judge was perfectly astonished, and the audience amazed. The judge said, "I never heard of such a writ — what can it be that adheres pavimento ? Are any of you gentlemen at the bar able to explain this ?
Seite 119 - I'll drink the King's health again, if I die for it. Yes, I have done it pretty well already ; so has the King, I promise you ! I believe his Majesty was never taken such good care of before ; we have kept his spirits up, I promise you ; we have enabled him to go through his fatigues ; and I should have done more still, but for the ball and Mary ; — I have promised to dance with Mary. I must keep sober for Mary.
Seite 98 - I caught the Queen's eye, and saw in it a little surprise, but by no means any displeasure, to see me of the party. The little Princess went up to Mrs. Delany, of whom she is very fond, and behaved like a little angel to her : she then, with a look of inquiry and recollection, slowly, of her own accord, came behind Mrs. Delany to look at me.
Seite 66 - Napoleon to be but an episode. and George III. is to be alive through all these varied changes, to accompany his people through all these revolutions of thought, government, society ; to survive out of the old world into ours. When I first saw England, she was in mourning for the young Princess Charlotte, the hope of the empire.