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 páginas |
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... once heard from the late Thomas Hood 63 Round about the Christmas Tree . 73 On a Chalk - Mark on the Door . 80 On being Found Out . On a Hundred Years Hence Small - Beer Chronicle . JOgres · On Two Roundabout Papers which I intended to ...
... once heard from the late Thomas Hood 63 Round about the Christmas Tree . 73 On a Chalk - Mark on the Door . 80 On being Found Out . On a Hundred Years Hence Small - Beer Chronicle . JOgres · On Two Roundabout Papers which I intended to ...
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... once ; and one night nearly drove me into a strait - waistcoat . Well , as I was coming out of the apothecary's with the bottle of spirits of hartshorn in my hand ( it really does do the bites a great deal of good ) , whom should I ...
... once ; and one night nearly drove me into a strait - waistcoat . Well , as I was coming out of the apothecary's with the bottle of spirits of hartshorn in my hand ( it really does do the bites a great deal of good ) , whom should I ...
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... once . Ah me ! we wound where we never intended to strike ; we create anger where we never meant harm ; and these thoughts are the thorns in our Cushion . Out of mere malignity , I sup- pose , there is no man who would like to make ...
... once . Ah me ! we wound where we never intended to strike ; we create anger where we never meant harm ; and these thoughts are the thorns in our Cushion . Out of mere malignity , I sup- pose , there is no man who would like to make ...
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... once said to a literary gentleman , who was proudly pointing to an anonymous article as his writing , " Ah ! I thought I recognized your hoof in it . " I am told by the same authority that the Cornhill Magazine " shows symptoms of being ...
... once said to a literary gentleman , who was proudly pointing to an anonymous article as his writing , " Ah ! I thought I recognized your hoof in it . " I am told by the same authority that the Cornhill Magazine " shows symptoms of being ...
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... once or twice to eat him out of house and home . At the pastry - cook's we may have over - eaten ourselves ( I have admitted half a crown's worth for my own part , but I don't like to mention the real figure for fear of per- verting the ...
... once or twice to eat him out of house and home . At the pastry - cook's we may have over - eaten ourselves ( I have admitted half a crown's worth for my own part , but I don't like to mention the real figure for fear of per- verting the ...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ... William Makepeace Thackeray Vista de fragmentos - 1882 |
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Addison admirable amusing Athenæum Club beautiful Belle Poule called Captain charming Club Cornhill Magazine court Cruikshank dance dear delightful dine dinner Duke England English eyes face famous fancy father fellow French genius gentleman George George Cruikshank George III George IV give hand Hanover happy head heart honest honor humor hundred Johnson jokes kind King lady laugh letters live London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner mind morning never night noble ogres pantomime paper passed person picture play pleasure poet poor Pope present pretty Prince Prince de Joinville Princess Queen remember round royal smile society speak story Street suppose Swift talk Tatler tell thought thousand Tom and Jerry Tom Jones Tyburn walk whilst wife wine woman women wonder word wretched write young
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.