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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... poet and Oxford Don . . . . " From General Grant Wilson's book , " Thackeray in Amer- ica , " we are allowed to take one or two of the sketches belong- ing to this time . Here is one telling its own story . The welcome letter came to us ...
... poet and Oxford Don . . . . " From General Grant Wilson's book , " Thackeray in Amer- ica , " we are allowed to take one or two of the sketches belong- ing to this time . Here is one telling its own story . The welcome letter came to us ...
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... poet : " His enunciation is perfect . Every word he uttered might have been heard in the remotest quarters of the room , yet he scarcely lifted his voice above a colloquial tone . The most striking feature in his whole manner was the ...
... poet : " His enunciation is perfect . Every word he uttered might have been heard in the remotest quarters of the room , yet he scarcely lifted his voice above a colloquial tone . The most striking feature in his whole manner was the ...
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... poets , or crunching the bones of bishops . Only four men were executed in London for the rebellion of 1715 ; and twenty - two in Lancashire . Above a thousand taken in arms submitted to the King's mercy , and petitioned to be ...
... poets , or crunching the bones of bishops . Only four men were executed in London for the rebellion of 1715 ; and twenty - two in Lancashire . Above a thousand taken in arms submitted to the King's mercy , and petitioned to be ...
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... poet , penniless and in disgrace ) , she says : " The place you are in has strangely filled your head with physicians and cures ; but , take my word for it , many a fine lady has gone there to drink the waters without being sick ; and ...
... poet , penniless and in disgrace ) , she says : " The place you are in has strangely filled your head with physicians and cures ; but , take my word for it , many a fine lady has gone there to drink the waters without being sick ; and ...
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... poets have sung a hundred jolly ditties about great cudgel - playings , famous grinning through horse - collars , great maypole meetings , and morris - dances . The girls used to run races clad in very light attire ; and the kind gentry ...
... poets have sung a hundred jolly ditties about great cudgel - playings , famous grinning through horse - collars , great maypole meetings , and morris - dances . The girls used to run races clad in very light attire ; and the kind gentry ...
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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.