The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 7C. L. Bowman, 1852 |
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... England , he passed the remainder of his many years in peace and honour in this country ; how beloved and respected by all his fellow - citizens , how inexpressibly dear to his family , I need not say . His whole life was a benefit to ...
... England , he passed the remainder of his many years in peace and honour in this country ; how beloved and respected by all his fellow - citizens , how inexpressibly dear to his family , I need not say . His whole life was a benefit to ...
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... England , whither my parents took me for my education ; and where I made the acquaintance of Mr. Warrington , whom my children never saw . When it pleased heaven , in the bloom of his youth , and after but a few months of a most happy ...
... England , whither my parents took me for my education ; and where I made the acquaintance of Mr. Warrington , whom my children never saw . When it pleased heaven , in the bloom of his youth , and after but a few months of a most happy ...
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... England and the purchased ne- groes , obeyed him with an eagerness such as the most severe taskmasters round about us could never get from their people . He was never familiar , though perfectly simple and natural ; he was the same with ...
... England and the purchased ne- groes , obeyed him with an eagerness such as the most severe taskmasters round about us could never get from their people . He was never familiar , though perfectly simple and natural ; he was the same with ...
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... England and married this Mr. Tusher , and became a great favourite of King George the Second , by whom Mr. Tusher was made a Dean , and then a Bishop . I did not see the lady , who chose to remain at her palace all the time we were in ...
... England and married this Mr. Tusher , and became a great favourite of King George the Second , by whom Mr. Tusher was made a Dean , and then a Bishop . I did not see the lady , who chose to remain at her palace all the time we were in ...
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... England , but procured the English peerage for him , which the junior branch of our family at present enjoys . She was a great friend of Sir Robert Walpole , and would not rest until her husband slept at Lambeth , my papa used laughing ...
... England , but procured the English peerage for him , which the junior branch of our family at present enjoys . She was a great friend of Sir Robert Walpole , and would not rest until her husband slept at Lambeth , my papa used laughing ...
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Page 268 - And today, Henry, in the anthem, when they sang it, 'When the lord turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream,' I thought, yes, like them that dream — them that dream. And then it went, 'They that sow in tears shall reap in joy: and he that goeth forth and weepeth, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him'; I looked up from the book, and saw you.
Page 274 - ... song, whose shape was perfect symmetry, health, decision, activity, whose foot as it planted itself on the ground was firm but flexible, and whose motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no single movement of hers but was beautiful. As he thinks of her, he who writes, feels young again, and remembers a paragon.
Page 360 - I took a little flower of the hillock and kissed it, and went my way, like the bird that had just lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again. Silent receptacle of death; tranquil depth of calm, out of reach of tempest and trouble! I felt as one...
Page 396 - In this accomplished lady, love is the constant effect, because it is never the design. Yet, though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; and to love her is a liberal education...
Page 331 - Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war: In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page 2 - Park slopes, after her stag-hounds, and driving her one-horse chaise—a hot, red-faced woman, not in the least resembling that statue of her which turns its stone back upon St. Paul's, and faces the coaches struggling up Ludgate Hill.
Page 300 - He performed a treason or a court-bow, he told a falsehood as black as Styx, as easily as he paid a compliment or spoke about the weather. He took a mistress, and left her; he betrayed his benefactor, and supported him, or would have murdered him, with the same calmness always, and having no more remorse than Clotho when she weaves the thread, or Lachesis when she cuts it.