The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... the wise jealousy of the female favourite there in possession ) journeyed to Hanover , and became favourites of the Serene house there reigning . That beautiful Aurora von Königsmarck and her brother are wonderful 13 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... the wise jealousy of the female favourite there in possession ) journeyed to Hanover , and became favourites of the Serene house there reigning . That beautiful Aurora von Königsmarck and her brother are wonderful 13 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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William Makepeace Thackeray. That beautiful Aurora von Königsmarck and her brother are wonderful as types of bygone manners , and strange illus- trations of the morals of old days . The Königsmarcks were descended from an ancient noble ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. That beautiful Aurora von Königsmarck and her brother are wonderful as types of bygone manners , and strange illus- trations of the morals of old days . The Königsmarcks were descended from an ancient noble ...
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... wonderful satirical 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 ...
... wonderful satirical 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 ...
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... wonderful letters of thirty pages long , which he wrote to her when he was absent , and to his mistresses at Hanover , when he was in London with his wife ? Why did Caroline , the most lovely and accomplished princess of Germany , take ...
... wonderful letters of thirty pages long , which he wrote to her when he was absent , and to his mistresses at Hanover , when he was in London with his wife ? Why did Caroline , the most lovely and accomplished princess of Germany , take ...
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... wonderful creature ! " he writes : : -- " O wonderful creature , a woman of reason ! Never grave out of pride , never gay out of season ! When so easy to guess who this angel should be , Who would think Mrs. Howard ne'er dreamt it was ...
... wonderful creature ! " he writes : : -- " O wonderful creature , a woman of reason ! Never grave out of pride , never gay out of season ! When so easy to guess who this angel should be , Who would think Mrs. Howard ne'er dreamt it was ...
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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.