The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town LifeHarper & Brothers, 1879 - 205 Seiten |
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... about the old society ; and , with the result of many a day's and night's pleas- ant reading , to try and while away a few winter evenings for my hearers . Among the German princes who sat under Luther at Wittenberg 10 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... about the old society ; and , with the result of many a day's and night's pleas- ant reading , to try and while away a few winter evenings for my hearers . Among the German princes who sat under Luther at Wittenberg 10 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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... night their sleep - drink . The butler is espe- cially warned not to allow noble or simple to go into the cellar : wine shall only be served at the prince's or councillor's table ; and ev- ery Monday the honest old Duke Christian ...
... night their sleep - drink . The butler is espe- cially warned not to allow noble or simple to go into the cellar : wine shall only be served at the prince's or councillor's table ; and ev- ery Monday the honest old Duke Christian ...
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... night about it ; for I am a fool with my children . " Three of the six died fighting against Turks , Tartars , Frenchmen . One of them conspired , revolted , fled to Rome , leaving an agent behind him , whose head was taken off . The ...
... night about it ; for I am a fool with my children . " Three of the six died fighting against Turks , Tartars , Frenchmen . One of them conspired , revolted , fled to Rome , leaving an agent behind him , whose head was taken off . The ...
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... night's interview , after which Philip of Kö- nigsmarck was seen no more . Königsmarck , inflamed with drink - there is scarcely any vice of which , according to his own showing , this gentleman was not a practitioner - had boasted at a ...
... night's interview , after which Philip of Kö- nigsmarck was seen no more . Königsmarck , inflamed with drink - there is scarcely any vice of which , according to his own showing , this gentleman was not a practitioner - had boasted at a ...
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... hundred warnings ; mild hints from her husband's parents ; grim re- monstrances from himself - but took no more heed of this advice than such besotted poor wretches do . On the night of Sunday , the 38 THE FOUR GEORGES .
... hundred warnings ; mild hints from her husband's parents ; grim re- monstrances from himself - but took no more heed of this advice than such besotted poor wretches do . On the night of Sunday , the 38 THE FOUR GEORGES .
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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.