The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... picture - that of the old Prince dying in his little wood - built capital , and his seven sons tossing up which should inherit and transmit the crown of Brentford . Duke George , the lucky prizeman , made the tour of Europe , during ...
... picture - that of the old Prince dying in his little wood - built capital , and his seven sons tossing up which should inherit and transmit the crown of Brentford . Duke George , the lucky prizeman , made the tour of Europe , during ...
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... picture of high life ; but German , or French , or Spanish , if you can see out of your palace - windows beyond the trim - cut forest vistas , misery is lying outside ; hunger is stalking about the bare villages , listlessly following ...
... picture of high life ; but German , or French , or Spanish , if you can see out of your palace - windows beyond the trim - cut forest vistas , misery is lying outside ; hunger is stalking about the bare villages , listlessly following ...
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... picture . I am a citizen waiting at Greenwich pier , say , and crying hurrah for King George ; and yet I can scarcely keep my countenance , and help laughing at the enormous absurdity of this advent ! Here we are , all on our knees ...
... picture . I am a citizen waiting at Greenwich pier , say , and crying hurrah for King George ; and yet I can scarcely keep my countenance , and help laughing at the enormous absurdity of this advent ! Here we are , all on our knees ...
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... picture we might have had of that general sauve qui peut amongst the Tory party ! How mum the Tories became ; how the House of Lords . and House of Commons chopped round ; and how decorously the majorities welcomed King George ...
... picture we might have had of that general sauve qui peut amongst the Tory party ! How mum the Tories became ; how the House of Lords . and House of Commons chopped round ; and how decorously the majorities welcomed King George ...
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... us need admire ; but among the nobler features are justice , courage , moderation - and these we may recognise ere we turn the picture to the wall . GEORGE THE SECOND HARY Gorge R. GEORGE THE SECOND . 32 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... us need admire ; but among the nobler features are justice , courage , moderation - and these we may recognise ere we turn the picture to the wall . GEORGE THE SECOND HARY Gorge R. GEORGE THE SECOND . 32 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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337 ページ - 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...
224 ページ - 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...
327 ページ - 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.
147 ページ - 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.
74 ページ - 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.
220 ページ - 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.
337 ページ - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
165 ページ - 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.
119 ページ - 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.
188 ページ - 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.