The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English humouristsSmith, Elder, 1885 |
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... face page 5 THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS . DEAN SWIFT'S POLITENESS DEAN SWIFT AT COURT THE GREAT MR . CONGREVE 22 99 35 36 " " 39 99 49 61 19 73 99 83 " " 22 30 be 89 93 38 110 132 143 168 ADDISON AT " CHILD'S " THE MURDER OF WILL MOUNTFORD ...
... face page 5 THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS . DEAN SWIFT'S POLITENESS DEAN SWIFT AT COURT THE GREAT MR . CONGREVE 22 99 35 36 " " 39 99 49 61 19 73 99 83 " " 22 30 be 89 93 38 110 132 143 168 ADDISON AT " CHILD'S " THE MURDER OF WILL MOUNTFORD ...
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... HOGARTH'S MODEL LORD BATHURST INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO MR . STERNE GOLDSMITH AT PLAY • To face page 195 203 ?? 211 " " 246 99 266 " " 284 99 290 316 342 19 THE FOUR GEORGES SKETCHES OF MANNERS , MORALS , COURT X CONTENTS .
... HOGARTH'S MODEL LORD BATHURST INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO MR . STERNE GOLDSMITH AT PLAY • To face page 195 203 ?? 211 " " 246 99 266 " " 284 99 290 316 342 19 THE FOUR GEORGES SKETCHES OF MANNERS , MORALS , COURT X CONTENTS .
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... face of his father's courtiers ; how he kicked his coat and wig about in his rages , and called everybody thief , liar , rascal , with whom he differed , you will read in all the history books ; and how he speedily and shrewdly ...
... face of his father's courtiers ; how he kicked his coat and wig about in his rages , and called everybody thief , liar , rascal , with whom he differed , you will read in all the history books ; and how he speedily and shrewdly ...
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... face , called him a rogue , and provoked his august father . He and his wife were turned out of Saint James's , and their princely children taken from them , by order of the Royal head of the family . Father and mother wept piteously at ...
... face , called him a rogue , and provoked his august father . He and his wife were turned out of Saint James's , and their princely children taken from them , by order of the Royal head of the family . Father and mother wept piteously at ...
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... faces smile on us out of history . There was Lepell , famous in ballad song ; and the saucy charming Mary Bellenden ... face , and told him she was tired of seeing him count them . He was not an august monarch , this Augustus . Walpole ...
... faces smile on us out of history . There was Lepell , famous in ballad song ; and the saucy charming Mary Bellenden ... face , and told him she was tired of seeing him count them . He was not an august monarch , this Augustus . Walpole ...
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Página 337 - 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...
Página 224 - 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...
Página 327 - 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.
Página 147 - 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.
Página 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.
Página 220 - 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.
Página 337 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease...
Página 165 - Great Jonson did by strength of judgment please, Yet, doubling Fletcher's force, he wants his ease. In differing talents both adorned their age, One for the study, t'other for the stage.
Página 119 - 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.
Página 188 - 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.