The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... pretty daughter , who inherited a great fortune , which inflamed her cousin , George Louis of Hanover , with a desire to marry her ; and so , with her beauty and her riches , she came to a sad end . It is too long to tell how the four ...
... pretty daughter , who inherited a great fortune , which inflamed her cousin , George Louis of Hanover , with a desire to marry her ; and so , with her beauty and her riches , she came to a sad end . It is too long to tell how the four ...
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... pretty girl of thirteen years old . The Duchess replied that the princess was of no religion as yet . They were waiting to know of what religion her husband would be , Protestant or Catholic , before instructing her ! And the Duke of ...
... pretty girl of thirteen years old . The Duchess replied that the princess was of no religion as yet . They were waiting to know of what religion her husband would be , Protestant or Catholic , before instructing her ! And the Duke of ...
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... pretty much as in the time when George Louis left it . The gardens and pavilions of Herrenhausen are scarce changed since the day when the stout old Electress Sophia fell down in her last walk there , preceding by but a few weeks to the ...
... pretty much as in the time when George Louis left it . The gardens and pavilions of Herrenhausen are scarce changed since the day when the stout old Electress Sophia fell down in her last walk there , preceding by but a few weeks to the ...
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William Makepeace Thackeray. with the Crown , had pretty well succumbed , and the monarch was all in all . He became almost divine : the proudest and most ancient gentry of the land did menial service for him . Who should carry Louis XIV ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. with the Crown , had pretty well succumbed , and the monarch was all in all . He became almost divine : the proudest and most ancient gentry of the land did menial service for him . Who should carry Louis XIV ...
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... pretty well paid , as times went ; above all , paid with a regularity which few other European Courts could boast of . Perhaps you will be amused to know how the Electoral Court was composed . There were the princes of the house in the ...
... pretty well paid , as times went ; above all , paid with a regularity which few other European Courts could boast of . Perhaps you will be amused to know how the Electoral Court was composed . There were the princes of the house in the ...
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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.