The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 - English literature |
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... nature so meanly that one is ashamed to have to own that he was right , and that men could be corrupted by means so base . But , with his hireling House of Commons , he defended liberty for us ; with his incredulity he kept Church ...
... nature so meanly that one is ashamed to have to own that he was right , and that men could be corrupted by means so base . But , with his hireling House of Commons , he defended liberty for us ; with his incredulity he kept Church ...
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... pieces to please him . In her intercourse with all around her she was perfectly kind , gracious , and natural : but friends may die , daughters may depart , she will be as perfectly kind and gracious 42 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... pieces to please him . In her intercourse with all around her she was perfectly kind , gracious , and natural : but friends may die , daughters may depart , she will be as perfectly kind and gracious 42 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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... natural than Horace's dandified treble , and Sporus's malignant whisper . As one reads the Selwyn letters - as one looks at Reynolds's noble pictures illustra- tive of those magnificent times and voluptuous people - one almost hears the ...
... natural than Horace's dandified treble , and Sporus's malignant whisper . As one reads the Selwyn letters - as one looks at Reynolds's noble pictures illustra- tive of those magnificent times and voluptuous people - one almost hears the ...
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... nature may follow him , drinking , gambling , intriguing to the end of his career ; when the wrinkled , palsied , toothless old Don Juan died , as wicked and unrepentant as he had been at the hottest season of youth and passion . There ...
... nature may follow him , drinking , gambling , intriguing to the end of his career ; when the wrinkled , palsied , toothless old Don Juan died , as wicked and unrepentant as he had been at the hottest season of youth and passion . There ...
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... natural taste for pleasure , and the daily temptation of a large income . What could a great peer , with a great castle and park , and a great fortune , do but be splendid and idle ? In these letters of Lord Carlisle's from which I have ...
... natural taste for pleasure , and the daily temptation of a large income . What could a great peer , with a great castle and park , and a great fortune , do but be splendid and idle ? In these letters of Lord Carlisle's from which I have ...
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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.