THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY1869 |
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Pagina 21
... sure , was better qualified ; but even then , grumblers who had not got their canary cordons , would have hinted at profes- sional jealousies entering the Cabinet ; and , the ribbons being * That of Lord Derby , in 1859 , which included ...
... sure , was better qualified ; but even then , grumblers who had not got their canary cordons , would have hinted at profes- sional jealousies entering the Cabinet ; and , the ribbons being * That of Lord Derby , in 1859 , which included ...
Pagina 44
... sure the reader will understand how the idea of pageant and procession came naturally to my mind . The imagina- tion easily supplied a gold coach , eight cream - coloured horses of your true Pegasus breed , huzzaing multitudes , running ...
... sure the reader will understand how the idea of pageant and procession came naturally to my mind . The imagina- tion easily supplied a gold coach , eight cream - coloured horses of your true Pegasus breed , huzzaing multitudes , running ...
Pagina 46
... sure , did good old Mr. Richardson , who could write novels himself— but you , and I , and Mr. Gibbon , my dear sir , agree in giving our respect , and wonder , and admiration , to the brave old master . In these last words I am ...
... sure , did good old Mr. Richardson , who could write novels himself— but you , and I , and Mr. Gibbon , my dear sir , agree in giving our respect , and wonder , and admiration , to the brave old master . In these last words I am ...
Pagina 48
... sure ; but as for coaxing a compliment , or wheedling him into good - humour , or stopping his angry mouth with a good dinner , or accepting his contributions for a certain Magazine , for fear of his barking or snapping elsewhere ...
... sure ; but as for coaxing a compliment , or wheedling him into good - humour , or stopping his angry mouth with a good dinner , or accepting his contributions for a certain Magazine , for fear of his barking or snapping elsewhere ...
Pagina 49
... sure , I begin to know now , ) as I take the letters off the tray , which of those envelopes contains a real bonâ fide letter , and which a thorn ? One of the best invitations this year I mis- took for a thorn - letter , and kept it ...
... sure , I begin to know now , ) as I take the letters off the tray , which of those envelopes contains a real bonâ fide letter , and which a thorn ? One of the best invitations this year I mis- took for a thorn - letter , and kept it ...
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Pagina 245 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Pagina 233 - Here are two examples of men most differently gifted : each pursuing his calling ; each speaking his truth as God bade him ; each honest in his life ; just and irreproachable in his dealings ; dear to his friends ; honored by his country ; beloved at his fireside. It has been the fortunate lot of both to give incalculable happiness and delight to the world, which thanks them in return with an immense kindliness, respect, affection.
Pagina 226 - He had not in any way intrigued for his honours, he had fairly -won them ; and, in Irving's instance, as in others, the old country was glad and eager to pay them. In America the love and regard for Irving was a national sentiment. Party wars are perpetually raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancour and fierceness against individuals which exceed British, almost Irish, virulence.
Pagina 224 - Ere a few weeks are over, many a critic's pen will be at work, reviewing their lives and passing judgment on their works. This is no review, or history, or criticism : only a word in testimony of respect and regard from a man of letters, who owes to his own professional labour the honour of becoming acquainted with these two eminent literary men.
Pagina 285 - Would you not pay a pretty fine to be able to cancel some of them ? Oh, the sad old pages, the dull old pages ! Oh, the cares, the ennui, the squabbles, the repetitions, the old conversations over and over again ! But now and again a kind thought is recalled, and now and again a dear memory. Yet a few chapters more, and then the last : after which, behold Finis itself come to an end, and the Infinite begun.
Pagina 127 - ... horrible. The hand drops powerless, appalled at the quantity of birch which it must cut and brandish. I am glad we are not all found out, I say again; and protest, my dear brethren, against our having our deserts. To fancy all men found out and punished is bad enough; but imagine all women found out in the distinguished social circle in which you and I have the honour to move.
Pagina 371 - Which of her readers has not become her friend? Who that has known her books has not admired the artist's noble English, the burning love of truth, the bravery, the simplicity, the indignation at wrong, the eager sympathy, the pious love and reverence, the passionate honor, so to speak, of the woman?
Pagina 225 - Who can calculate the amount of friendliness and good feeling for our country which this writer's generous and untiring regard for us disseminated in his own? His books are read by millions* of his countrymen, whom he has taught to love England, and why to love her. It would have been easy to speak otherwise than he did: to inflame national...
Pagina 230 - Well—take at hazard any three pages of the " Essays " or " History; "—and, glimmering below the stream of the narrative, as it were, you, an average reader, see one, two, three, a half-score of allusions to other historic facts, characters, literature, poetry, with which you are acquainted.
Pagina 295 - I have read about him from sunrise to sunset with the utmost contentment of mind. He has passed through how many volumes? Forty? Fifty? I wish for my part there were a hundred more, and would never tire of him rescuing prisoners, punishing ruffians, and running scoundrels through the midriff with his most graceful rapier. Ah, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, yon are a magnificent trio.