The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town LifeHarper & Brothers, 1879 - 205 Seiten |
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... Four Maps ... 8. England a Continental Power , from the Con- quest to Magna Charta , 1066-1216 . By Louise Creighton . With a Map .. 9. Rise of the People , and Growth of Parliament , from the Great Charter to the Accession of Henry VII ...
... Four Maps ... 8. England a Continental Power , from the Con- quest to Magna Charta , 1066-1216 . By Louise Creighton . With a Map .. 9. Rise of the People , and Growth of Parliament , from the Great Charter to the Accession of Henry VII ...
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... WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY AUTHOR OF " THE VIRGINIANS " " HENRY ESMOND " " ETC. NEW YORK II ARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE B22035.47 Harvard College Library July 1 , 1914 . Bequest 1879 THE FOUR GEORGES.
... WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY AUTHOR OF " THE VIRGINIANS " " HENRY ESMOND " " ETC. NEW YORK II ARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE B22035.47 Harvard College Library July 1 , 1914 . Bequest 1879 THE FOUR GEORGES.
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... I could travel back for seven score years of time - have glimpses of Brummel , Selwyn , Chesterfield , and the men of pleasure ; of Walpole and Conway ; of Johnson , Reynolds , Goldsmith ; of North , THE FOUR GEORGES . GEORGE THE FIRST.
... I could travel back for seven score years of time - have glimpses of Brummel , Selwyn , Chesterfield , and the men of pleasure ; of Walpole and Conway ; of Johnson , Reynolds , Goldsmith ; of North , THE FOUR GEORGES . GEORGE THE FIRST.
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... four brief chapters to give a complete notion ; but we may peep here and there into that by - gone world of the Georges , see what they and their courts were like ; glance at the people round about them ; look at past manners , fashions ...
... four brief chapters to give a complete notion ; but we may peep here and there into that by - gone world of the Georges , see what they and their courts were like ; glance at the people round about them ; look at past manners , fashions ...
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amongst amuse Anthony Trollope beautiful Bishop brother Burney Caroline Charlotte charming court courtiers dance daughters delight dinner drink Duchess Duke George Duke of York Earl Elector England English equerries faithful famous fancy fashion father fond French gentleman George Eliot George III George III.'s George Louis George Selwyn German Hanover head heart Herrenhausen Hervey honest honor husband James's John John Lothrop Motley jolly King George King's kiss kneel Königsmarck lady laugh letters little Princess London look Lord Macaulay Majesty married Mary Cecil Hay morning never night noble palace Pitt play pleasure poor pretty Prince of Wales Prince's Princess Queen round royal says Selwyn smile society Sophia splendid splendor story supper talk throne tion took walk Walpole wife Wilkie Collins William the Pious Windsor Windsor Tower wine woman wonder writes young Zell
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Seite 146 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Seite 116 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employed.
Seite 200 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens.
Seite 125 - And yet there is one day in the year — a day when old George loved with all his heart to attend it — when I think St. Paul's presents the noblest sight in the whole world : when five thousand charity children, with cheeks like nosegays, and sweet, fresh voices, sing the hymn which makes every heart thrill with praise and happiness. I have seen a hundred grand sights in the world — coronations, Parisian...
Seite 199 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 144 - Unthinking, idle, wild, and young, I laughed, and danced, and talked, and sung : And, proud of health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. " But when the hour of trial came, When sickness shook this trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no more, It then occurred, how sad 't would be, Were this world only made for me.
Seite 133 - King George's household was a model of an English gentleman's household. It was early ; it was kindly ; it was charitable ; it was frugal ; it was orderly ; it must have been stupid to a degree which I shudder now to contemplate. No wonder all the princes ran away from the lap of that dreary domestic virtue. It always rose, rode, dined at stated intervals. Day after day was the same. At the same hour at night the King kissed his daughters...
Seite 142 - ... the parade, and turning from side to side to see everybody as she passed ; for all the terracers stand up against the walls, to make a clear passage for the royal family the moment they come in sight. Then followed the king and queen, no less delighted with the joy of their little darling. The Princess Royal leaning on Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave, the Princess Augusta holding by the Duchess of Ancaster, the Princess Elizabeth led by Lady Charlotte Bertie, followed. Office here takes place of rank,'...
Seite 80 - This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length.
Seite 144 - He was not only sightless : he became utterly deaf. All light, all reason, all sound of human voices, all the pleasures of this world of God, were taken from him. Some slight lucid moments he had ; in one of which, the queen, desiring to see him, entered the room, and found him singing a hymn, and accompanying himself at the harpsichord.