The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 23Smith, Elder, & Company, 1885 |
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Pagina 11
... woman had such keen eyes that she knew how to shut them upon occasion , and was blind to many faults * The portraits on the next page are from contemporary prints of this Princess , before her marriage and in her old age . which it ...
... woman had such keen eyes that she knew how to shut them upon occasion , and was blind to many faults * The portraits on the next page are from contemporary prints of this Princess , before her marriage and in her old age . which it ...
Pagina 13
... woman whose honest heart was always with her friends and dear old Deutschland , though her fat little body was confined at Paris , or Marly , or Versailles - has left us , in her enormous correspondence ( part of which has been printed ...
... woman whose honest heart was always with her friends and dear old Deutschland , though her fat little body was confined at Paris , or Marly , or Versailles - has left us , in her enormous correspondence ( part of which has been printed ...
Pagina 21
... woman is , and how astoundingly she lies ! She has bewitched two or three persons who have taken her up , and they won't believe in her wrong . Like Mary of Scotland , she finds adherents ready to conspire for her even in history , and ...
... woman is , and how astoundingly she lies ! She has bewitched two or three persons who have taken her up , and they won't believe in her wrong . Like Mary of Scotland , she finds adherents ready to conspire for her even in history , and ...
Pagina 22
... woman stamped upon his mouth with her heel . He was despatched presently ; his body burnt the next day ; and all traces of the man disappeared . The guards who killed him were enjoined silence under severe penalties . The Princess was ...
... woman stamped upon his mouth with her heel . He was despatched presently ; his body burnt the next day ; and all traces of the man disappeared . The guards who killed him were enjoined silence under severe penalties . The Princess was ...
Pagina 31
... woman's . shame was held to be no dishonour . Mended morals and mended manners in Courts and people are among the price- less consequences of the freedom which George I. came to rescue and secure . He kept his compact with his English ...
... woman's . shame was held to be no dishonour . Mended morals and mended manners in Courts and people are among the price- less consequences of the freedom which George I. came to rescue and secure . He kept his compact with his English ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 339 - 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; To husband our life's taper at the close And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 190 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Pagina 222 - 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 188 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
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 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.
Pagina 121 - But when of morn and eve the star beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, thy prayers ascend for me.
Pagina 123 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.