Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon : Critical Reviews : The Four Georges : The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century : Sketches and Travels in LondonEstes and Lauriat, 1882 - 819 стор. |
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... called literary world was well rid of Minerva and her yellow ribbon . The great poets would have been indifferent , the little poets jealous , the funny men furious , the philosophers satirical , the historians supercilious , and ...
... called literary world was well rid of Minerva and her yellow ribbon . The great poets would have been indifferent , the little poets jealous , the funny men furious , the philosophers satirical , the historians supercilious , and ...
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... called Major Brett ( then in command of the troops , for the Colonel was in one of the boats ) forward , and , telling him that he feared the ship was lost , requested him to endeavor to keep order amongst the troops till the last , but ...
... called Major Brett ( then in command of the troops , for the Colonel was in one of the boats ) forward , and , telling him that he feared the ship was lost , requested him to endeavor to keep order amongst the troops till the last , but ...
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... called his picture is at Greenwich now , in brown velvet , and gold and scarlet ; his coat handsome , his waistcoat exceedingly handsome ; but his face by no means the beauty ) — there was , I say , a turbulent young lieutenant who was ...
... called his picture is at Greenwich now , in brown velvet , and gold and scarlet ; his coat handsome , his waistcoat exceedingly handsome ; but his face by no means the beauty ) — there was , I say , a turbulent young lieutenant who was ...
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... called upon to go out and fight dragons . Be grateful that they don't sally out and swallow you . Keep a wise distance from their caves , lest you pay too dearly for approaching them . Remember that years passed , and whole districts ...
... called upon to go out and fight dragons . Be grateful that they don't sally out and swallow you . Keep a wise distance from their caves , lest you pay too dearly for approaching them . Remember that years passed , and whole districts ...
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... called the " Battle of Waterloo , " and what do you think the sign is ? ( I sketch from memory , to be sure . ) * " The Battle of Waterloo " is one broad Scotch- man laying about him with a broadsword . Yes , yes , my dear Mac , you are ...
... called the " Battle of Waterloo , " and what do you think the sign is ? ( I sketch from memory , to be sure . ) * " The Battle of Waterloo " is one broad Scotch- man laying about him with a broadsword . Yes , yes , my dear Mac , you are ...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ... William Makepeace Thackeray Перегляд фрагмента - 1882 |
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Сторінка 164 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Сторінка 226 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Сторінка 292 - 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 out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Сторінка 57 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no...
Сторінка 191 - 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.
Сторінка 219 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards individuals; for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one and Judge Such-a-one; so with physicians — I will not speak of my own trade — soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Сторінка 95 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs 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. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Сторінка 121 - 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...
Сторінка 191 - 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 upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Сторінка 158 - 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.