The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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Pagina 18
... hope of promotion . Noble adventurers travelled from Court to Court in search of employment ; not merely noble males , but noble females too ; and if these latter were beauties , and obtained the favourable notice of princes , they ...
... hope of promotion . Noble adventurers travelled from Court to Court in search of employment ; not merely noble males , but noble females too ; and if these latter were beauties , and obtained the favourable notice of princes , they ...
Pagina 62
... hope of the empire . I came from India as a child , and our ship touched at an island on the way home , where my black servant took me a long walk over rocks and hills until we reached a garden , where we saw a man walking . " That is ...
... hope of the empire . I came from India as a child , and our ship touched at an island on the way home , where my black servant took me a long walk over rocks and hills until we reached a garden , where we saw a man walking . " That is ...
Pagina 64
... hope to get five guineas from his Lordship . In the days when there were fine gentlemen , Mr. Secretary Pitt's under - secre- taries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr. Pitt , in his turn , went down on his gouty knees to ...
... hope to get five guineas from his Lordship . In the days when there were fine gentlemen , Mr. Secretary Pitt's under - secre- taries did not dare to sit down before him ; but Mr. Pitt , in his turn , went down on his gouty knees to ...
Pagina 117
... hope his life will not be forgotten , for it is sublime in its simplicity , its energy , its honour , its affection . In the combat betwen Time and Thalaba , I suspect the former destroyer has conquered . Kehama's Curse frightens very ...
... hope his life will not be forgotten , for it is sublime in its simplicity , its energy , its honour , its affection . In the combat betwen Time and Thalaba , I suspect the former destroyer has conquered . Kehama's Curse frightens very ...
Pagina 127
... hope to entertain you with a merely humourous or facetious story . Harlequin without his mask is known to present a very sober countenance , and was himself , the story goes , the melancholy patient whom the doctor advised to go and see ...
... hope to entertain you with a merely humourous or facetious story . Harlequin without his mask is known to present a very sober countenance , and was himself , the story goes , the melancholy patient whom the doctor advised to go and see ...
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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.