The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 31Scribner, 1904 |
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Page 36 - he said, " thou foaming brine. " From the sacred shore I stand on, I command thee to retreat ; Venture not, thou stormy rebel, to approach thy master's seat : Ocean, be thou still ! I bid thee come not nearer to my feet ! " But the sullen ocean answered with a louder, deeper roar, And the rapid waves drew nearer, falling sounding on the shore ; Back the Keeper and the Bishop, back the King and courtiers bore. And he sternly bade them never more to kneel to human clay, But alone to praise and worship...
Page 33 - Nay, I feel," replied King Canute, " that my end is drawing near." " Don't say so," exclaimed the courtiers (striving each to squeeze a tear). " Sure your Grace is strong and lusty, and may live this fifty year." " Live these fifty years ! " the bishop roared, with actions made to suit. " Are you mad, my good Lord Keeper, thus to speak of King Canute ! Men have lived a thousand years, and sure his Majesty will do't.
Page 32 - I'm sick, and tired, and weary.' — Some one cried, 'The King's arm-chair !' " Then towards the lackeys turning, quick my Lord the Keeper nodded, Straight the King's great chair was brought him, by two footmen able-bodied ; Languidly he sank into it : it was comfortably wadded. " ' Leading on my fierce companions...
Page 31 - King Canute was weary-hearted ; he had reigned for years a score, Battling, . struggling, pushing, fighting, killing much and robbing more, And he thought upon his actions, walking by the wild seashore. ''Twixt the Chancellor and Bishop walked the King with steps sedate ; Chamberlains and grooms came after, silversticks and goldsticks great ; Chaplains, aides-de-camp, and pages, — all the officers of state. ' Sliding after like his shadow, pausing when he chose to pause, If a frown his face contracted...
Page 269 - Sir, say even that that modesty, which astonishes me more and more every time I regard you, is calculated, and not a virtue naturally inherent in you, that very fact would argue for the high sense of the public morality among us. We will laugh in the company of our wives and children : we will tolerate no indecorum : we like that our matrons and girls should be pure.
Page 192 - The agents of the tract societies have lately had recourse to a new method of introducing their tracts into Cadiz. The tracts were put into glass bottles securely corked; and, taking advantage of the tide flowing into the...
Page 196 - GEORGE II In most things I did as my father had done, I was false to my wife and I hated my son...
Page 200 - Company were so fortunate as to crimp Mr. Titmarsh. . . . We hope they have voted him a yachting service of plate, of at least five hundred ounces.' This latter suggestion I complain of as being too friendly. Why should the critic insist on a collection? Who asked the gentleman for plack or bawbee? However, this again is a private matter. It is that comparison of the blind fiddler who 'sends round his hat', that ought to be devoted to the indignation of the press of these kingdoms.
Page 35 - So, no doubt, could gracious Canute, if it were his sacred will." "Might I stay the sun above us, good Sir Bishop?" Canute cried ; "Could I bid the silver moon to pause upon her heavenly ride? If the moon obeys my orders, sure I can command the tide. "Will the advancing waves obey me, Bishop, if I make the sign?" Said the Bishop, bowing lowly, "Land and sea, my Lord, are thine.
Page 197 - My brain, perhaps, might be a feeble part ; But yet I think I had an English heart. When all the Kings were prostrate, I alone Stood face to face against Napoleon ; Nor ever could the ruthless Frenchman forge A fetter for Old England and Old George ; I let loose flaming Nelson on his fleets ; I met his troops with Wellesley's bayonets. Triumphant waved my flag on land and sea : Where was the King in Europe like to me ? Monarchs exiled found shelter on my shores ; My bounty rescued Kings and Emperors....