The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... SWIFT THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS . CONGREVE AND ADDISON . STEELE PRIOR , GAY , AND POPE HOGARTH , SMOLLETT , AND FIELDING STERNE AND GOLDSMITH . PAGE 5 35 61 93 127 163 198 235 · 276 310 LIST OF PLATES . THE FOUR GEORGES . PORTRAIT OF a 23.
... SWIFT THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS . CONGREVE AND ADDISON . STEELE PRIOR , GAY , AND POPE HOGARTH , SMOLLETT , AND FIELDING STERNE AND GOLDSMITH . PAGE 5 35 61 93 127 163 198 235 · 276 310 LIST OF PLATES . THE FOUR GEORGES . PORTRAIT OF a 23.
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... SWIFT'S POLITENESS DEAN SWIFT AT COURT THE GREAT MR . CONGREVE 22 99 35 36 " " 39 99 49 61 19 73 99 83 " " 22 30 be 89 93 38 110 132 143 168 ADDISON AT " CHILD'S " THE MURDER OF WILL MOUNTFORD THE FOUR GEORGES PAGE.
... SWIFT'S POLITENESS DEAN SWIFT AT COURT THE GREAT MR . CONGREVE 22 99 35 36 " " 39 99 49 61 19 73 99 83 " " 22 30 be 89 93 38 110 132 143 168 ADDISON AT " CHILD'S " THE MURDER OF WILL MOUNTFORD THE FOUR GEORGES PAGE.
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... Swift , and Bolingbroke yet lived and wrote . Of a 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 ...
... Swift , and Bolingbroke yet lived and wrote . Of a 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 ...
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... the best of our situation ; let us take what we can get , and leave these bawling , brawling , lying English to shout , and fight , and cheat , in their own way ! " If Swift had not been committed to the statesmen of 24 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... the best of our situation ; let us take what we can get , and leave these bawling , brawling , lying English to shout , and fight , and cheat , in their own way ! " If Swift had not been committed to the statesmen of 24 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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William Makepeace Thackeray. If Swift had not been committed to the statesmen of the losing side , what a fine satirical picture we might have had of that general sauve qui peut amongst the Tory party ! How mum the Tories became ; how ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. If Swift had not been committed to the statesmen of the losing side , what a fine satirical picture we might have had of that general sauve qui peut amongst the Tory party ! How mum the Tories became ; how ...
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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.