The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 第 23 巻Smith, Elder, & Company, 1885 |
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... head by George I. This lady had knocked at Doctor Johnson's door ; had been intimate with Fox , the beautiful Georgina of Devonshire , and that brilliant Whig society of the reign of George III .; had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry ...
... head by George I. This lady had knocked at Doctor Johnson's door ; had been intimate with Fox , the beautiful Georgina of Devonshire , and that brilliant Whig society of the reign of George III .; had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry ...
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... head , his niece Sophia , one of many children of another luck- less dethroned sovereign , the Elector Palatine , married Ernest Augustus of Brunswick , and brought the reversion to the crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty ...
... head , his niece Sophia , one of many children of another luck- less dethroned sovereign , the Elector Palatine , married Ernest Augustus of Brunswick , and brought the reversion to the crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty ...
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... head was taken off . The daughter , of whose early education we have made mention , was married to the Elector of Brandenburg , and so her religion settled finally on the Protestant side . A niece of the Electress Sophia - who had been ...
... head was taken off . The daughter , of whose early education we have made mention , was married to the Elector of Brandenburg , and so her religion settled finally on the Protestant side . A niece of the Electress Sophia - who had been ...
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... head , and make no scruple in so disposing of them ? I fancy a considerable shrewdness , prudence , and even moderation in his ways . The German Protestant was a cheaper , and better , and kinder king than the Catholic Stuart in whose ...
... head , and make no scruple in so disposing of them ? I fancy a considerable shrewdness , prudence , and even moderation in his ways . The German Protestant was a cheaper , and better , and kinder king than the Catholic Stuart in whose ...
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... heads off . She never dropped the key , or stained it with blood ; and her brothers were quite right in finishing Bluebeard , the cowardly brute ! Yes , Caroline of Brunswick was innocent ; and Madame Laffarge never poisoned her husband ...
... heads off . She never dropped the key , or stained it with blood ; and her brothers were quite right in finishing Bluebeard , the cowardly brute ! Yes , Caroline of Brunswick was innocent ; and Madame Laffarge never poisoned her husband ...
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339 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; To husband our life's taper at the close And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
329 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.
149 ページ - 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...
190 ページ - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
222 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.
188 ページ - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
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.
228 ページ - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
121 ページ - But when of morn and eve the star beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, thy prayers ascend for me.
123 ページ - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.