Thackeray's Works, Volumen8Estes & Lauriat, 1891 |
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... seen : When nothing's left that's worth defence , They build a magazine ! " - 2 Besides these famous books of Scott's and Johnson's , there is a copious " Life " by Thomas Sheridan ( Dr. Johnson's " Sherry " ) , father of Richard ...
... seen : When nothing's left that's worth defence , They build a magazine ! " - 2 Besides these famous books of Scott's and Johnson's , there is a copious " Life " by Thomas Sheridan ( Dr. Johnson's " Sherry " ) , father of Richard ...
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... seen that sweet serene face . I should like , as a young man , to have lived on Fielding's staircase in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed perhaps , and opening his door with his latch - key , to have shaken hands with him in ...
... seen that sweet serene face . I should like , as a young man , to have lived on Fielding's staircase in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed perhaps , and opening his door with his latch - key , to have shaken hands with him in ...
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... seen all the world , ' they had not the least curiosity to ask me a question ; only desired I would give them slumskudask , or a token of remembrance , which is a modest way of begging , to avoid the law , that strictly forbids it ...
... seen all the world , ' they had not the least curiosity to ask me a question ; only desired I would give them slumskudask , or a token of remembrance , which is a modest way of begging , to avoid the law , that strictly forbids it ...
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... seen them , or if they had been relatives of our own , we scarcely could have known them better . Who has n't in his mind an image of Stella ? Who does not love her ? Fair and tender creature : pure and affectionate heart ! Boots it to ...
... seen them , or if they had been relatives of our own , we scarcely could have known them better . Who has n't in his mind an image of Stella ? Who does not love her ? Fair and tender creature : pure and affectionate heart ! Boots it to ...
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... seen . " - Scorr's Dryden , vol . i . p . 370 . 2 It was in Surrey Street , Strand ( where he afterwards died ) , that Voltaire visited him , in the decline of his life . The anecdote relating to his saying that he wished " to be ...
... seen . " - Scorr's Dryden , vol . i . p . 370 . 2 It was in Surrey Street , Strand ( where he afterwards died ) , that Voltaire visited him , in the decline of his life . The anecdote relating to his saying that he wished " to be ...
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Página 131 - 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 130 - 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.
Página 88 - 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 30 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. 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, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Página 78 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Página 91 - 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 273 - Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour, Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power. Here, as I take my solitary rounds...
Página 191 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain; . As Argus
Página 261 - 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, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 274 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt...