The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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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 ...
Pagina 7
... 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 ...
Pagina 8
... 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 ...
Pagina 11
... 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 c 2 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 c 2 GEORGE THE FIRST . II.
Pagina 12
... married his eldest son George to his beautiful cousin of Zell ; and sending his sons out in command of armies to fight -now on this side , now on that he lived on , taking his pleasure , and scheming his schemes , a merry wise prince ...
... married his eldest son George to his beautiful cousin of Zell ; and sending his sons out in command of armies to fight -now on this side , now on that he lived on , taking his pleasure , and scheming his schemes , a merry wise prince ...
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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.