The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Том 23Smith, Elder, & Company, 1885 |
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... told Sinclair , that he was in a house that evening where eighteen of them were drinking , as the facetious landlady said , " powdering their hair , " for the attack on the castle . Sup- pose they had not stopped to powder their hair ...
... told Sinclair , that he was in a house that evening where eighteen of them were drinking , as the facetious landlady said , " powdering their hair , " for the attack on the castle . Sup- pose they had not stopped to powder their hair ...
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William Makepeace Thackeray. his life , and reign , and doings , are told in a thousand French memoirs . Our George II . , at least , was not a worse king than his neighbours . He claimed and took the Royal exemption from doing right ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. his life , and reign , and doings , are told in a thousand French memoirs . Our George II . , at least , was not a worse king than his neighbours . He claimed and took the Royal exemption from doing right ...
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... told to the honour of Caroline of Anspach , that , at the time when German princes thought no more of changing their religion than you of altering your cap , she refused to give up Protestantism for the other creed , although an ...
... told to the honour of Caroline of Anspach , that , at the time when German princes thought no more of changing their religion than you of altering your cap , she refused to give up Protestantism for the other creed , although an ...
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... told him she was tired of seeing him count them . He was not an august 52 monarch , this Augustus . Walpole tells how , one night at the Royal card - table , the playful princesses pulled a chair away from under Lady Deloraine , who ...
... told him she was tired of seeing him count them . He was not an august 52 monarch , this Augustus . Walpole tells how , one night at the Royal card - table , the playful princesses pulled a chair away from under Lady Deloraine , who ...
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... told him about me ? " he asked . His mother's bigotry and hatred he inherited with the courageous obstinacy of his own race ; but he was a firm believer where his fathers had been freethinkers , and a true and fond supporter of the ...
... told him about me ? " he asked . His mother's bigotry and hatred he inherited with the courageous obstinacy of his own race ; but he was a firm believer where his fathers had been freethinkers , and a true and fond supporter of the ...
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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 190 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.