The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges ; The English humorists ; Sketches and travels in LondonHoughton, Mifflin, 1889 |
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Página vii
... over again at the same passages of the play ; they are affected off the stage too , I hope I shan't be . In another hour that dreary business of ' In speaking of the - English Humorous writers of the last , etc. ' INTRODUCTORY NOTE . vii.
... over again at the same passages of the play ; they are affected off the stage too , I hope I shan't be . In another hour that dreary business of ' In speaking of the - English Humorous writers of the last , etc. ' INTRODUCTORY NOTE . vii.
Página xiii
... speaking the truth , as we hold it , of a bad sovereign , we are paying no disrespect at all to a good one . Far from it . On the contrary , we degrade our own honor and the Sovereign's by unduly and unjustly praising him ; and the mere ...
... speaking the truth , as we hold it , of a bad sovereign , we are paying no disrespect at all to a good one . Far from it . On the contrary , we degrade our own honor and the Sovereign's by unduly and unjustly praising him ; and the mere ...
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... speaking of Captain Macheath , and Polly , and Lucy . The king we had selected ; the courtiers who came in his train ; the English nobles who came to welcome him , and on many of whom the shrewd old cynic turned his back - I protest it ...
... speaking of Captain Macheath , and Polly , and Lucy . The king we had selected ; the courtiers who came in his train ; the English nobles who came to welcome him , and on many of whom the shrewd old cynic turned his back - I protest it ...
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... speak of persons of quality ; for the citizen still contents himself with a suit of fine cloth , a good hat and wig , and fine linen . Everybody is well clothed here , and even the beggars don't make so ragged an appearance as they do ...
... speak of persons of quality ; for the citizen still contents himself with a suit of fine cloth , a good hat and wig , and fine linen . Everybody is well clothed here , and even the beggars don't make so ragged an appearance as they do ...
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... speak of them now in words of respect and regard . There are stains in the por- trait of the first George , and traits in it which none of us need admire ; but , among the nobler features , are justice , courage , moderation - and these ...
... speak of them now in words of respect and regard . There are stains in the por- trait of the first George , and traits in it which none of us need admire ; but , among the nobler features , are justice , courage , moderation - and these ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance Addison admire amuse asked beautiful called charming Club Congreve court Covent Garden dance dear Bob delightful dine dinner dress drink Duke England English eyes face famous fancy father fellow genius gentleman George George III George IV George Selwyn give Goldsmith hand Hanover happy head heart Hogarth honest honor humor John Gay Johnson jolly jolly fellows Jones Joseph Addison kind King lady laugh letters lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner marriage married morning nature never night pantomime passed periwig person play pleasant pleasure poet poor Pope pretty Prince Princess Queen round royal smile society speak Steele Stella story Street Struldbrugs Swift talk Tatler tell thought Tom Jones took Tyburn verses walk Whig whilst wife William the Pious wine woman women wonder writes young youth
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Página 79 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 324 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Página 315 - 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.
Página 62 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Página 175 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 182 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 108 - 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.
Página 230 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 262 - Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Página 251 - Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; 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? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers' load, On wings of winds came flying...