The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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Pagina 5
... lady who had been asked in 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 ...
... lady who had been asked in 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 ...
Pagina 8
... lady of birth quite inferior to his own -Eleanor d'Olbreuse , from whom our Queen is descended . Eleanor had a pretty daughter , who inherited a great fortune , which inflamed her cousin , George Louis of Hanover , with a desire to ...
... lady of birth quite inferior to his own -Eleanor d'Olbreuse , from whom our Queen is descended . Eleanor had a pretty daughter , who inherited a great fortune , which inflamed her cousin , George Louis of Hanover , with a desire to ...
Pagina 10
... ladies , and then comes supper and a bank at Faro , where he loses or wins a thousand pieces by daylight . If it is a German Court , you may add not a little drunkenness to this picture of high life ; but German , or French , or Spanish ...
... ladies , and then comes supper and a bank at Faro , where he loses or wins a thousand pieces by daylight . If it is a German Court , you may add not a little drunkenness to this picture of high life ; but German , or French , or Spanish ...
Pagina 16
... Lady Mary saw George II . too . “ I can tell you , without flattery or partiality , " she says , " that our young prince has all the accomplishments that it is possible to have at his age , with an air of sprightliness and understanding ...
... Lady Mary saw George II . too . “ I can tell you , without flattery or partiality , " she says , " that our young prince has all the accomplishments that it is possible to have at his age , with an air of sprightliness and understanding ...
Pagina 17
... ladies , no doubt ) ; seven officers in the wine and beer cellars ; four bread - bakers ; and five men in the plate - room ... lady hunting in the forest , or dancing in the Court , or bowing to their Serene Highnesses as they pass in to ...
... ladies , no doubt ) ; seven officers in the wine and beer cellars ; four bread - bakers ; and five men in the plate - room ... lady hunting in the forest , or dancing in the Court , or bowing to their Serene Highnesses as they pass in to ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 337 - 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...
Pagina 224 - 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...
Pagina 327 - 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.
Pagina 147 - 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.
Pagina 74 - 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.
Pagina 220 - 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.
Pagina 337 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
Pagina 165 - 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.
Pagina 119 - 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.
Pagina 188 - 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.