The Cornhill MagazineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1909 |
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... hour over a ducky ' little Lowestoft teapot which I got , my dear , for a song from a funny old woman in Somerset ; it came to her from her grandmother . ' The world liked Lady Matilda because she was plucky and cheery . Only Lord ...
... hour over a ducky ' little Lowestoft teapot which I got , my dear , for a song from a funny old woman in Somerset ; it came to her from her grandmother . ' The world liked Lady Matilda because she was plucky and cheery . Only Lord ...
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... young wife , daughter of Sir John Lubbock . I sat between her and Lady Spencer and had an interesting conversation with the latter about Ireland . Mr. Gladstone came down half an hour late and was 22 SIXTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS .
... young wife , daughter of Sir John Lubbock . I sat between her and Lady Spencer and had an interesting conversation with the latter about Ireland . Mr. Gladstone came down half an hour late and was 22 SIXTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS .
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... hour here walking through the rooms . At four o'clock , much after his usual time , Mr. Gladstone went off for a walk with Lady Spencer and Lord Rosebery . Lieutenant Greely walked with me to my cab , and we had a long talk . Mr. G. was ...
... hour here walking through the rooms . At four o'clock , much after his usual time , Mr. Gladstone went off for a walk with Lady Spencer and Lord Rosebery . Lieutenant Greely walked with me to my cab , and we had a long talk . Mr. G. was ...
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... hours he always takes , " and , " he added with a smile , " I should like to have eight . I hate getting up in the morning and hate it the same every morning . But one can do everything by habit , and when I have had my seven hours ...
... hours he always takes , " and , " he added with a smile , " I should like to have eight . I hate getting up in the morning and hate it the same every morning . But one can do everything by habit , and when I have had my seven hours ...
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... hours sufficed Millais for sittings for the most elaborate portrait , and this time was given by Mr. Gladstone with real pleasure . " Is Millais , then , a charming companion when at work ? " someone asked . " Yes , " said Mr. Gladstone ...
... hours sufficed Millais for sittings for the most elaborate portrait , and this time was given by Mr. Gladstone with real pleasure . " Is Millais , then , a charming companion when at work ? " someone asked . " Yes , " said Mr. Gladstone ...
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Página 349 - To Helen. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.
Página 319 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 319 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Página 313 - Nature in her then err'd not, but forgot. ' With every pleasing, every prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want ?' — She wants a heart. She speaks, behaves, and acts, just as she ought, But never, never reach'd one generous thought.
Página 508 - The gray sea and the long black land ; And the yellow half-moon large and low ; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i
Página 507 - But he looked upon the city, every side, Far and wide, All the mountains topped with temples, all the glades' Colonnades, All the causeys, bridges, aqueducts, - and then, All the men!
Página 238 - AH, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop and speak to you, And did you speak to him again? How strange it seems and new...
Página 313 - She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest ; And when she sees her friend in deep despair, Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair.
Página 315 - Scarce once herself, by turns all Womankind ! Who, with herself, or others, from her birth Finds all her life one warfare upon earth: Shines in exposing Knaves, and painting Fools, Yet is, whate'er she hates and ridicules.
Página 322 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.