The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The lectures on the English humourists of the eighteenth century. The four Georges and Charity and humourHarper & Brothers, Publishers, 1910 |
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... marriage , and refused , I think , because it was too Tory for me ( it was in the Lonsdale interest ) . What queer speculations the might - have - beens are ! .. Again he writes from Birmingham , from a friend's house : " Such a nice ...
... marriage , and refused , I think , because it was too Tory for me ( it was in the Lonsdale interest ) . What queer speculations the might - have - beens are ! .. Again he writes from Birmingham , from a friend's house : " Such a nice ...
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... marriage by Horace Walpole , who had been patted on the 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 ...
... marriage by Horace Walpole , who had been patted on the 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 ...
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... marry , and continue the stout race of the Guelphs . The lot fell on Duke George , the sixth brother . The others remained single , or contracted left - handed marriages after the princely fashion of those days . It is a queer picture ...
... marry , and continue the stout race of the Guelphs . The lot fell on Duke George , the sixth brother . The others remained single , or contracted left - handed marriages after the princely fashion of those days . It is a queer picture ...
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... 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 sons of Duke George divided his territories amongst them , and how , finally , they came into possession of the son of the ...
... 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 sons of Duke George divided his territories amongst them , and how , finally , they came into possession of the son of the ...
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... married Ernest Augustus of Brunswick , and brought the reversion to the crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty ... marriage and in her old age . * which it appeared that her husband the Bishop of Osnaburg GEORGE THE FIRST . II.
... married Ernest Augustus of Brunswick , and brought the reversion to the crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty ... marriage and in her old age . * which it appeared that her husband the Bishop of Osnaburg GEORGE THE FIRST . II.
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Page 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...
Page 264 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 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.
Page 149 - 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 72 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employed.
Page 329 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given. But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread. Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 228 - 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.
Page 244 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours; not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY.