The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... nature so meanly that one is ashamed to have to own that he was right , and that men could be corrupted by means so base . But , with his hireling House of Commons , he defended liberty for us ; with his incredulity he kept Church ...
... nature so meanly that one is ashamed to have to own that he was right , and that men could be corrupted by means so base . But , with his hireling House of Commons , he defended liberty for us ; with his incredulity he kept Church ...
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... nature may follow him , drinking , gambling , intriguing to the end of his career ; when the wrinkled , palsied , toothless old Don Juan died , as wicked and unrepentant as he had been at the hottest season of youth and passion . There ...
... nature may follow him , drinking , gambling , intriguing to the end of his career ; when the wrinkled , palsied , toothless old Don Juan died , as wicked and unrepentant as he had been at the hottest season of youth and passion . There ...
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... Nature and circumstance had done their utmost to prepare the Prince for being spoiled : the dreadful dulness of Papa's Court , its stupid amusements , its dreary occupations , the maddening humdrum , the stifling sobriety of its routine ...
... Nature and circumstance had done their utmost to prepare the Prince for being spoiled : the dreadful dulness of Papa's Court , its stupid amusements , its dreary occupations , the maddening humdrum , the stifling sobriety of its routine ...
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... nature warlike , predatory , eager for fight , plunder , dominion . † without a favourable report from the Judge ; besides , he was a fiddler , and consequently a rogue , and deserved hanging for something else , and so he shall swing ...
... nature warlike , predatory , eager for fight , plunder , dominion . † without a favourable report from the Judge ; besides , he was a fiddler , and consequently a rogue , and deserved hanging for something else , and so he shall swing ...
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... nature of the favour conferred , and the respectful exultation at the receipt of it , are surely complete : it is truth topsy - turvy , entirely logical and absurd . As for the humour and conduct of this famous fable , I suppose there ...
... nature of the favour conferred , and the respectful exultation at the receipt of it , are surely complete : it is truth topsy - turvy , entirely logical and absurd . As for the humour and conduct of this famous fable , I suppose there ...
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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.