The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... HOGARTH'S MODEL LORD BATHURST INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO MR . STERNE GOLDSMITH AT PLAY • To face page 195 203 ?? 211 " " 246 99 266 " " 284 99 290 316 342 19 THE FOUR GEORGES SKETCHES OF MANNERS , MORALS , COURT X CONTENTS .
... HOGARTH'S MODEL LORD BATHURST INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO MR . STERNE GOLDSMITH AT PLAY • To face page 195 203 ?? 211 " " 246 99 266 " " 284 99 290 316 342 19 THE FOUR GEORGES SKETCHES OF MANNERS , MORALS , COURT X CONTENTS .
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... play the psalm - tunes which he loved . One thinks of a descendant of his , two hun- dred years afterwards , blind , old , and lost of wits , singing Handel in Windsor Tower . William the Pious had fifteen children , eight daughters and ...
... play the psalm - tunes which he loved . One thinks of a descendant of his , two hun- dred years afterwards , blind , old , and lost of wits , singing Handel in Windsor Tower . William the Pious had fifteen children , eight daughters and ...
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... play in the deaths of kings is the most ghastly of all the ceremonial : the lying eulogies , the blinking of disagreeable truths , the sickening flatteries , the simulated grief , the falsehood and sycophancies - all uttered in the name ...
... play in the deaths of kings is the most ghastly of all the ceremonial : the lying eulogies , the blinking of disagreeable truths , the sickening flatteries , the simulated grief , the falsehood and sycophancies - all uttered in the name ...
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... play . " It is very useful in life , " he says ; " it generates kindness , and consolidates society . " David Hume never went to bed without his whist . We have Walpole , in one of his letters , in a transport of gratitude for the cards ...
... play . " It is very useful in life , " he says ; " it generates kindness , and consolidates society . " David Hume never went to bed without his whist . We have Walpole , in one of his letters , in a transport of gratitude for the cards ...
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... play in the gallery . In this way , were the King always to stop in Hanover , one could make a ten years ' calendar of his proceedings ; and settle beforehand what his time of business , meals , and pleasure would be . " The old pagan ...
... play in the gallery . In this way , were the King always to stop in Hanover , one could make a ten years ' calendar of his proceedings ; and settle beforehand what his time of business , meals , and pleasure would be . " The old pagan ...
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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.