The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... poets , or crunching the bones of bishops . Only four men were executed in London for the rebellion of 1715 ; and twenty - two in Lancashire . Above a thousand taken in arms submitted to the King's mercy , and petitioned to be ...
... poets , or crunching the bones of bishops . Only four men were executed in London for the rebellion of 1715 ; and twenty - two in Lancashire . Above a thousand taken in arms submitted to the King's mercy , and petitioned to be ...
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... poet , penniless and in disgrace ) , she says : " The place you are in has strangely filled your head with physicians and cures ; but , take my word for it , many a fine lady has gone there to drink the waters without being sick ; and ...
... poet , penniless and in disgrace ) , she says : " The place you are in has strangely filled your head with physicians and cures ; but , take my word for it , many a fine lady has gone there to drink the waters without being sick ; and ...
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... poets have sung a hundred jolly ditties about great cudgel - playings , famous grinning through horse - collars , great maypole meetings , and morris - dances . The girls used to run races clad in very light attire ; and the kind gentry ...
... poets have sung a hundred jolly ditties about great cudgel - playings , famous grinning through horse - collars , great maypole meetings , and morris - dances . The girls used to run races clad in very light attire ; and the kind gentry ...
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... poets and clergymen decorously bewailed the late one . Here are some artless verses , in which an English divine ... poet have said much more ? It was a parson who came and wept over this grave , with Walmoden sitting on it , and ...
... poets and clergymen decorously bewailed the late one . Here are some artless verses , in which an English divine ... poet have said much more ? It was a parson who came and wept over this grave , with Walmoden sitting on it , and ...
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... poets and clergymen decorously bewailed the late one. Here are some artless verses, in which an English divine deplored ... poet have said much more ? It was a parson who came and wept over this grave, with Walmoden sitting on it, and ...
... poets and clergymen decorously bewailed the late one. Here are some artless verses, in which an English divine deplored ... poet have said much more ? It was a parson who came and wept over this grave, with Walmoden sitting on it, and ...
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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.