The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... laugh in the day , and cry all night about it ; for I am a fool with my children . " Three of the six died fighting against Turks , Tartars , Frenchmen . One of them conspired , revolted , fled to Rome , leaving an agent behind him ...
... laugh in the day , and cry all night about it ; for I am a fool with my children . " Three of the six died fighting against Turks , Tartars , Frenchmen . One of them conspired , revolted , fled to Rome , leaving an agent behind him ...
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... laugh at these old - world ceremonies ? View them as you will , according to your mood ; and with scorn or with respect , or with anger and sorrow , as your temper leads you . Up goes Gessler's hat upon the pole . Salute that symbol of ...
... laugh at these old - world ceremonies ? View them as you will , according to your mood ; and with scorn or with respect , or with anger and sorrow , as your temper leads you . Up goes Gessler's hat upon the pole . Salute that symbol of ...
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... laughing at the enormous absurdity of this advent ! Here we are , all on our knees . Here is the Archbishop of Canterbury prostrating himself to the Head of his Church , with Kielmansegge and Schulenberg with their ruddled cheeks ...
... laughing at the enormous absurdity of this advent ! Here we are , all on our knees . Here is the Archbishop of Canterbury prostrating himself to the Head of his Church , with Kielmansegge and Schulenberg with their ruddled cheeks ...
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... laughed at his uncouth German ways , and sneered at him . He took our loyalty for what it was worth ; laid hands on what money he could ; kept us assuredly from Popery and wooden shoes . I , for one , would have been on his side in ...
... laughed at his uncouth German ways , and sneered at him . He took our loyalty for what it was worth ; laid hands on what money he could ; kept us assuredly from Popery and wooden shoes . I , for one , would have been on his side in ...
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... , patriot , and statesman governed it . In religion he was little better than a heathen ; cracked ribald jokes at bigwigs and bishops , and laughed at High Church and Low . In private life the old pagan 36 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... , patriot , and statesman governed it . In religion he was little better than a heathen ; cracked ribald jokes at bigwigs and bishops , and laughed at High Church and Low . In private life the old pagan 36 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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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
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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.