The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 - English literature |
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... king ? The third brother also took delight in Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which ...
... king ? The third brother also took delight in Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which ...
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... King , and had his Ver- sailles , his Wilhelmshöhe or Ludwigslust ; his Court and its splendours ; his gardens laid out with statues ; his fountains , and waterworks , and Tritons ; his actors , and dancers , and singers , and fiddlers ...
... King , and had his Ver- sailles , his Wilhelmshöhe or Ludwigslust ; his Court and its splendours ; his gardens laid out with statues ; his fountains , and waterworks , and Tritons ; his actors , and dancers , and singers , and fiddlers ...
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... King and Villars his general , who fits out the last army with the last crownpiece from the treasury , and goes to meet the enemy and die or conquer for France at Denain . But round all that Royal splendour lies a nation enslaved and ...
... King and Villars his general , who fits out the last army with the last crownpiece from the treasury , and goes to meet the enemy and die or conquer for France at Denain . But round all that Royal splendour lies a nation enslaved and ...
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... King ties in diamonds round his mistress's white neck . In the first half of the last century , I say , this is going on all Europe over . Saxony is a waste as well as Picardy or Artois ; and Versailles is only larger and not worse than ...
... King ties in diamonds round his mistress's white neck . In the first half of the last century , I say , this is going on all Europe over . Saxony is a waste as well as Picardy or Artois ; and Versailles is only larger and not worse than ...
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... king than the Catholic Stuart in whose chair he sat , and so far loyal to England that he let England govern herself . Having these lectures in view , I made it my business to visit that ugly cradle in which our Georges were nursed ...
... king than the Catholic Stuart in whose chair he sat , and so far loyal to England that he let England govern herself . Having these lectures in view , I made it my business to visit that ugly cradle in which our Georges were nursed ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 337 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.