The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which William the Pious and Doctor Luther sang . Louis XIV ...
... Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which William the Pious and Doctor Luther sang . Louis XIV ...
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... 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 command of Ernest's son , Prince Max , and only 1,400 of ...
... 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 command of Ernest's son , Prince Max , and only 1,400 of ...
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... Italy , and on the Rhine . When he succeeded to the Electorate , he handled its affairs with great prudence and dexterity . He was very much liked by his people of Hanover . He did not show his feelings much , but he cried heartily on ...
... Italy , and on the Rhine . When he succeeded to the Electorate , he handled its affairs with great prudence and dexterity . He was very much liked by his people of Hanover . He did not show his feelings much , but he cried heartily on ...
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... Italy . Those who are curious about European Court history of the last age know the memoirs of the Margravine of Bayreuth , and what a Court was that of Berlin , where George II.'s cousins ruled sovereign . Frederick the Great's father ...
... Italy . Those who are curious about European Court history of the last age know the memoirs of the Margravine of Bayreuth , and what a Court was that of Berlin , where George II.'s cousins ruled sovereign . Frederick the Great's father ...
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... Italian ways which they brought back ; but the greater number of people never left the country . The jolly squire often had never been twenty miles from home . Those who did go went to the baths , to Harrogate , or Scarborough , or Bath ...
... Italian ways which they brought back ; but the greater number of people never left the country . The jolly squire often had never been twenty miles from home . Those who did go went to the baths , to Harrogate , or Scarborough , or Bath ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 337 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.