The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... began when we got a King who gloried in the name of Briton , and , being born in the country , proposed to rule it . He was no more fit to govern England than his grandfather and great - grandfather , who did not try . It was righting ...
... began when we got a King who gloried in the name of Briton , and , being born in the country , proposed to rule it . He was no more fit to govern England than his grandfather and great - grandfather , who did not try . It was righting ...
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... began to look pale , the King never lost his courage- not he . " Pooh ! don't talk to me that stuff ! " he said , like a gallant little prince as he was , and never for one moment allowed his equanimity , or his business , or his ...
... began to look pale , the King never lost his courage- not he . " Pooh ! don't talk to me that stuff ! " he said , like a gallant little prince as he was , and never for one moment allowed his equanimity , or his business , or his ...
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... began . This one had more temp- tations than most , and so much may be said in extenuation for him . It was an unlucky thing for this doomed one , and tending to lead him yet farther on the road to the deuce , that , besides being ...
... began . This one had more temp- tations than most , and so much may be said in extenuation for him . It was an unlucky thing for this doomed one , and tending to lead him yet farther on the road to the deuce , that , besides being ...
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... began to speak English to me almost every other word he uttered was an oath : as they used ( they swore dreadfully in Flanders ) with the Duke of York before Valenciennes , or at Carlton House over the supper and cards . Read Byron's ...
... began to speak English to me almost every other word he uttered was an oath : as they used ( they swore dreadfully in Flanders ) with the Duke of York before Valenciennes , or at Carlton House over the supper and cards . Read Byron's ...
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... began to see that there was a conspiracy against him ; he drank glass for glass ; he overthrew many of the brave . At last the First Gentleman of Europe proposed bumpers of brandy . One of the Royal brothers filled a great glass for the ...
... began to see that there was a conspiracy against him ; he drank glass for glass ; he overthrew many of the brave . At last the First Gentleman of Europe proposed bumpers of brandy . One of the Royal brothers filled a great glass for the ...
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acquaintance Addison admired asked beautiful Bolingbroke Brobdingnag called Captain character charming Congreve Court Dean dear death delightful dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink Duke Dunciad Earl Elizabeth Waldegrave England English equerries eyes famous fancy father fond fortune genius gentleman George George III George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover heart Hogarth honest honour humour John Gay Johnson Joseph Addison kind King Lady laugh letters little Princess lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer manner marriage married morning never night noble passed passion person play pleasure poet poor Pope Pope's pretty Prince Princess Queen round Royal Saint satire says smile society speak Spence's Anecdotes Stella story Struldbrugs Swift talk Tatler tell tender thought told Tom Jones took verses Whig whilst wife wine woman wonder writes wrote young
Beliebte Passagen
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.