The Four Georges: the English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century
The Four Georges: the English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
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Do allow me, just for a little harmless mischief, to read you some of the lines which follow. Here is the interview between the Duke and the King of the Romans after the battle :— " Austria's young monarch, whose imperial sway Sceptres and thrones are destined to obey, Whose boasted ancestry so high extends That in the Pagan Gods his lineage ends, Digitized by LjOO.Q IC 200 EN GUSH HUMOURISTS. Comes from afiu*, in gratitude to own The great supporter of his father's throne. What tides of glory ...to his bosom ran Clasped in th* embraces of the godlike man 1 How were his eyes with pleasing wondo- fixt, To see such fire with so much sweetness mixt ! Such easy greatness, such a graceful port, So turned and finished for the camp or court 1 " How many fourth-form boys at Mr. Addison's school of Charter- house could write as well as that now ? The " Campaign " has blunders, triumphant as it was ; and weak points like all campaigns * In the year 17 13 " Cato " came out Swift has left a description of the first night of the performance.
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