The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The lectures on the English humourists of the eighteenth century. The four Georges and Charity and humourHarper & Brothers, Publishers, 1910 |
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... never heard of me from Adam , heard in the meantime who I was , and came puffing up my stairs yesterday and took me out sight - seeing , and to dinner after- ward at his hideous house , where he dispensed hospitality very kindly to a ...
... never heard of me from Adam , heard in the meantime who I was , and came puffing up my stairs yesterday and took me out sight - seeing , and to dinner after- ward at his hideous house , where he dispensed hospitality very kindly to a ...
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... never lost my own respect ! " DR . JOHNSON The picture of " another worthy man of letters " may perhaps not unfitly illustrate this correspondence . It was from Liverpool that he wrote to Lady Stanley : " Not above 200 people came to ...
... never lost my own respect ! " DR . JOHNSON The picture of " another worthy man of letters " may perhaps not unfitly illustrate this correspondence . It was from Liverpool that he wrote to Lady Stanley : " Not above 200 people came to ...
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... never saw such luxury and extrava- gance , such tearing polkas , such stupendous suppers and fine clothes . I watched one young lady at four balls in as many new dresses , and each dress of the most ' stunning ' descrip- tion . Fancy ...
... never saw such luxury and extrava- gance , such tearing polkas , such stupendous suppers and fine clothes . I watched one young lady at four balls in as many new dresses , and each dress of the most ' stunning ' descrip- tion . Fancy ...
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... never once ceased to make puns or to be in a good humour . Good - bye , dear Miss Truelock , and believe me ever , sincerely yours , W. M. THACKERAY . " The following amusing little jeu d'esprit appeared in the Boston Post , and is ...
... never once ceased to make puns or to be in a good humour . Good - bye , dear Miss Truelock , and believe me ever , sincerely yours , W. M. THACKERAY . " The following amusing little jeu d'esprit appeared in the Boston Post , and is ...
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... seemed as if he had never been away . II AFTER his return to England , the lectures on the Four Georges were delivered in London and in various parts of the kingdom . Some of the letters he wrote to us from the INTRODUCTION li.
... seemed as if he had never been away . II AFTER his return to England , the lectures on the Four Georges were delivered in London and in various parts of the kingdom . Some of the letters he wrote to us from the INTRODUCTION li.
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Сторінка 264 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Сторінка 264 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
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 - 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.
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 226 - 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: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Сторінка 72 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employed.
Сторінка 329 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given. But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread. Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
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 244 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours; not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY.