The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray ..., Volume 23Smith, Elder & Company, 1901 |
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... Italian Count had twenty- four diamonds instead of buttons . " New clothes on the birthday were the fashion for all loyal people . Swift mentions the custom several times . Walpole is constantly speaking of it ; laughing at the practice ...
... Italian Count had twenty- four diamonds instead of buttons . " New clothes on the birthday were the fashion for all loyal people . Swift mentions the custom several times . Walpole is constantly speaking of it ; laughing at the practice ...
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... Italy . * His patron went out of office , and his pension was unpaid : and hear- ing that this great scholar , now eminent and known to the literati of Europe ( the great Boileau , † upon perusal of Mr. Addison's elegant hexameters ...
... Italy . * His patron went out of office , and his pension was unpaid : and hear- ing that this great scholar , now eminent and known to the literati of Europe ( the great Boileau , † upon perusal of Mr. Addison's elegant hexameters ...
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... Italian , Latin , and Greek poets . " This I did , " he says , " without any design , except to amuse myself ; and got the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read , rather than read the books to get the order ...
... Italian , Latin , and Greek poets . " This I did , " he says , " without any design , except to amuse myself ; and got the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read , rather than read the books to get the order ...
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... Italian myself . But this is my way : I agree with them for ten shillings per sheet , with a proviso that I will have their doings corrected with whom I please ; so by one or the other they are led at last to the true sense of an author ...
... Italian myself . But this is my way : I agree with them for ten shillings per sheet , with a proviso that I will have their doings corrected with whom I please ; so by one or the other they are led at last to the true sense of an author ...
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... Italy has , in several instances that I have seen , seduced the student from nature and led him to paint marble figures , in which he has availed himself of the great works of antiquity , as a coward does when he puts on the armour of ...
... Italy has , in several instances that I have seen , seduced the student from nature and led him to paint marble figures , in which he has availed himself of the great works of antiquity , as a coward does when he puts on the armour of ...
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Addison admired amusing asked beautiful called Captain character charming Congreve Court dance Dean dear death delightful dinner Doctor Doctor Johnson drink Duchess Duke Duke of York Dunciad Earl Elizabeth Waldegrave England English equerries eyes famous fancy father fond French genius gentleman George George III George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover heart Hogarth honest honour humour husband Johnson jolly Joseph Addison kind King King's lady laugh letters little Princess lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Majesty manners married morning never night noble passed person play pleasure poet poor Pope pretty Prince Prince of Wales Princess Queen round Royal Saint James's satire says smile society speak Steele Stella story Struldbrugs Swift talk Tatler tell thought Tom Jones took verses Walter Scott whilst wife wine woman wonder writes wrote young
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Página 339 - 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...
Página 329 - 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.
Página 264 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 188 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 149 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Página 226 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Página 222 - 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.
Página 226 - 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...
Página 88 - Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 190 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.