 The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister of the Theatre. She too wears the mask and the cothurnus, and speaks to measure. She too, in our age, busies herself with the affairs only of kings ; waiting on them obsequiously...  The History of Henry Esmond, Esq - Page 17by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1858 - 504 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister...obsequiously and stately, as if she were but a mistress of Oourt ceremonies, and had nothing to do with the registering of the affairs of the common people. I... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1884 - 568 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister...but a mistress of court ceremonies, and had nothing B 7 to do with the registering of the affairs of the common people. I have seen in his very old age... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 462 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister...ceremonies, and had nothing to do with the registering TOL. XXI. — 1 of the affairs of the common people. I have seen in his very old age and decrepitude... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 350 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crown persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister...them obsequiously and stately, as if she were but And the a mistress of court ceremonies, and had nothing to artifici- do with the registering of the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 828 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister...the mask and the cothurnus, and speaks to measure. Shu too, in our age, busies herself with the affairs only of kings ; waiting on them obsequiously and... | |
 | David Hutchison MacGregor - Historians - 1901 - 152 pages
...point, Thackeray's judgment must be added to Macaulay's : " The Muse of History," says Esmond, " hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her sister...speaks to measure. She too in our age busies herself only with the affairs of kings ; waiting on them obsequiously and stately, as if she were but a mistress... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 480 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath •encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her...age, busies herself with the affairs only of kings; 7 B vailing on them obsequiously and stately, as if she were but zmistress of court ceremonies, and... | |
 | Douglas Ford - Great Britain - 1907 - 386 pages
...maintenance of the National Flag on land and sea. "The muse of History," wrote Thackeray in " Esmond," " hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her sister...the mask and the cothurnus, and speaks to measure. Divest Louis XIV. of poetry, and we find but a little wrinkled old man, pock-marked, and with a great... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1908 - 606 pages
...rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister of the Theatre. 10 She too wears the mask and the cothurnus,1 and speaks to measure. She too, in our age, busies herself... | |
 | Eric McCoy North - Charities - 1914 - 200 pages
...BIBLIOGRAPHY 174 PREFACE "The Muse of History," remarks Henry Esmond, in introducing his own life story, "hath encumbered herself with ceremony as well as her Sister of the Theatre. She too wears the mask and cothurnus and speaks to measure. She too, in our age, busies herself only with the affairs of kings;... | |
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