 | 1852 - 950 Seiten
...share of contempt for the repose and quiet of his life. " King George's household," he says, " was the model of an English gentleman's household — it was...orderly, it must have been stupid to a degree which I shudder now to contemplate — the queen playing on the spinnet, the king reading to her a paper out... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 266 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | 1860 - 1002 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...change in our manners, in our amusements, since then ! Kin;; George's household was a model of an English gentleman's household. It was early ; it was kindly... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs, Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 Seiten
...example, and see there Mrs. Unwin and Lady Hesketh, those high-bred ladies, those sweet, pious women, and William Cowper, that delicate wit, that trembling...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... | |
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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... 
