The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray ..., Volumen23Smith, Elder & Company, 1901 |
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... head by George I. This lady had knocked at Doctor Johnson's door ; had been intimate with Fox , the beautiful Georgina of Devonshire , and that brilliant Whig society of the reign of George III . had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry ...
... head by George I. This lady had knocked at Doctor Johnson's door ; had been intimate with Fox , the beautiful Georgina of Devonshire , and that brilliant Whig society of the reign of George III . had known the Duchess of Queensber- ry ...
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... head , his niece Sophia , one of many children of another luc less dethroned sovereign , the Elector Palatine , married Ernes Augustus of Brunswick , and brought the reversion to thef crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty trousseau ...
... head , his niece Sophia , one of many children of another luc less dethroned sovereign , the Elector Palatine , married Ernes Augustus of Brunswick , and brought the reversion to thef crown of the three kingdoms in her scanty trousseau ...
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... head was taken off . The daughter , of whose early education we have made mention , was married to the Elector of Brandenburg , and so her religion settled finally on the Protestant side . A niece of the Electress Sophia - who had been ...
... head was taken off . The daughter , of whose early education we have made mention , was married to the Elector of Brandenburg , and so her religion settled finally on the Protestant side . A niece of the Electress Sophia - who had been ...
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... head , and make no scruple in so disposing of them ? I fancy a considerable shrewdness , prudence , and even moderation in his ways . German Protestant was a cheaper , and better , and kinder king than the Catholic Stuart in whose chair ...
... head , and make no scruple in so disposing of them ? I fancy a considerable shrewdness , prudence , and even moderation in his ways . German Protestant was a cheaper , and better , and kinder king than the Catholic Stuart in whose chair ...
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... heads off . She never dropped the key , or stained it with blood ; and her brothers were quite right in finishing Bluebeard , the cowardly brute ! Yes , Caroline of Brunswick was innocent ; and Madame Laffarge never poisoned her husband ...
... heads off . She never dropped the key , or stained it with blood ; and her brothers were quite right in finishing Bluebeard , the cowardly brute ! Yes , Caroline of Brunswick was innocent ; and Madame Laffarge never poisoned her husband ...
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Página 339 - 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 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.
Página 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...
Página 188 - 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 past, 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 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...
Página 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.
Página 222 - 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 226 - 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...
Página 88 - 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 190 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.