...Some Roundabout Papers by W. M. Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Some Roundab... ...on Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is fur... ... Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... hark! I hear the cock-crow, and snuff the morning air.” And with this the royal ghost vanishes up the chimney — if there be a chimney in that dismal ... ...er’s birth. I daresay her father was absent in the Low Countries, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, under whom he had the honour of carr... ... yawn; she ceases to invite us, and we are resigned. The last time I saw a ballet at the opera — oh! it is many years ago — I fell asleep in the stall... ...la bonne heure. In the reign of George IV ., I give you my honour, all the dancers at the opera were as beautiful as Houris. Even in William IV .’s ti...

Excerpt: Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray.

...tents ON SOME CARP AT SANS SOUCI ............................ 4 DE JUVENTUTE.......................................................... 10 ROUND ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE ............ 19...

...y-one through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ne through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...rt of Cato in Mr. Addison’s tragedy of that name, performed be- fore their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Bishop of Osnaburgh, and Prince W... ...the body. Marry somebody else, hay?” was the ap- posite remark made by His Royal Highness. “Mrs. Rawdon Crawley was quite killing in the part,” said L... ...stormy excitement, and the third syllable is concluded. There was a little ballet, “Le Rossignol,” in which Montessu and Noblet used to be famous in t... ...e of all ages and ranks, and consorted with generals, dog-fanciers, opera- dancers, bruisers, and every kind of person, in a word, was resting himself... ...g for toffy, and used to be birched at Eton. So they went on talking about dancers, fights, drinking, demireps, until Macmurdo came down and joined th...

Excerpt: Vanity Fair: Volume Three (Chapters Fifty-one through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray.

...s Publication Men’s Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ublication Men’s Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...rs. Crump sat in a little bar, profusely orna- mented with pictures of the dancers of all ages, from Hillisberg, Rose, Parisot, who plied the light fa... ...ossip in which the other mentioned journal abounds. The fact is, that the “Royal Bootjack,” though a humble, was a very genteel house; and a very litt... ... had himself once drawn off with that very boot- jack the top-boots of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the first gentleman in Europe. While... ...orio of “Purgatorio,” which made such an immense sensa- tion, of songs and ballet-musics innumerable. He is a German by birth, and shows such an outra... ...essors conduct their academies on very opposite principles. Baroski writes ballet music; Thrum, on the contrary, says “he cannot but deplore the dange...

...Excerpt: In a certain quiet and sequestered nook of the retired village of London -- perhaps in the neighborhood of Berkeley Square, or at any rate somewhere near Burlington Gardens--there was once a house of entertainment called the ?Bootjack Hotel.? Mr. Crump, the landlor...

...s Publication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...ublication Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...) bawling in front of their booths, and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are ope... ...rs as the carriage crossed Westminster bridge. The party was landed at the Royal Gardens in due time. As the majestic Jos stepped out of the creaking ... ... liked it just as well—wanted a pipe for the Commander- in-Chief. He’s his Royal Highness’s right-hand man.” “It is devilish fine wine,” said the Eyeb... ...n full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. And when the time for the ballet came (in which there was no dancer that went through her grimaces or... ...nd gambling- table; all previous loves and courtships of milliners, opera- dancers, and the like easy triumphs of the clumsy military Ado- nis, were q...

Excerpt: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

...VANITY FAIR BY William Makepeace Thackeray Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication V... ... Twenty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- ... ...enty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is fur- nis... ...y. This Portable Document file is fur- nished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...al in London he had written off to his father’s solicitors, signifying his royal pleasure that an inter- view should take place between them on the mo... ... Paris in two months, I tell you; when I’ll take you to dine in the Palais Royal, by Jove! There are three hundred thousand Rooshians, I tell you, now... ...n full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. And when the time for the ballet came (in which there was no dancer that went through her grimaces or... ...nd gambling- table; all previous loves and courtships of milliners, opera- dancers, and the like easy triumphs of the clumsy military Ado- nis, were q...

Excerpt: Vanity Fair: Volume Two (Chapters Twenty-six through Fifty) by William Makepeace Thackeray.

...es Publication Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...Publication Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...h its private freight; the brisk curricle of the letter- carrier, robed in royal scarlet: these and a thousand others were laboring and pressing onwar... ...who was in fact Mr. Alexander Pope. “What a marvel- lous gift is this, and royal privilege of Art! To make the Ideal more credible than the Actual: to... ...Mr. Mills, my rivle in Halbany; Mr. Macauly, (who wrote that sweet book of ballets, ‘The Lays of Hancient Rum;’) & the great Mr. Rodgers himself. “The... ... the ices and macaroons. I looked out for my pretty Jemimarann amongst the dancers, and saw her tearing round the room along with Baron Punter, in wha... ...oar of laughter. “My dear Mrs. Coxe,” says Tag, “those are the most famous dancers in the world; and we throw myrtle, geraniums, and lilies and roses ...

...Excerpt: VOL I. In the morning of life the truthful wooed the beautiful, and their offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and glori...

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