The History of Pendennis, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1850 - 392 pagina's |
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... once or twice in our lives , and disquiet his great mind about a woman . But Foker , though early wise , was still a man . He could no more escape the common lot than Achilles , or Ajax , or Lord Nelson , or Adam our first father , and ...
... once or twice in our lives , and disquiet his great mind about a woman . But Foker , though early wise , was still a man . He could no more escape the common lot than Achilles , or Ajax , or Lord Nelson , or Adam our first father , and ...
Pagina 4
... once in the parental decree , and said , “ Well , sir , if Ann's agreeable , I say ditto . She's not a bad- looking girl . " " And she has the best blood in England , sir . Your mother's blood , your own blood , sir , " said the brewer ...
... once in the parental decree , and said , “ Well , sir , if Ann's agreeable , I say ditto . She's not a bad- looking girl . " " And she has the best blood in England , sir . Your mother's blood , your own blood , sir , " said the brewer ...
Pagina 14
... once . “ I'm not one of your straight - laced moralists , but an old man of the world , begad ; and I know that as long as it lasts , young men will be young men . And there were some young men to whom this estimable phi- losopher ...
... once . “ I'm not one of your straight - laced moralists , but an old man of the world , begad ; and I know that as long as it lasts , young men will be young men . And there were some young men to whom this estimable phi- losopher ...
Pagina 16
... they make a deuce of a riot and that sort of thing , but they end by listening to reason , begad . " " Blanche is a dangerous girl , sir , " Pen said . " I was smitten with her myself once , and very far gone , too 16 PENDENNIS .
... they make a deuce of a riot and that sort of thing , but they end by listening to reason , begad . " " Blanche is a dangerous girl , sir , " Pen said . " I was smitten with her myself once , and very far gone , too 16 PENDENNIS .
Pagina 17
William Makepeace Thackeray. her myself once , and very far gone , too , " he added ; " but that is years ago . " " 66 Were you u ? How far did it go ? Did she return it ? " asked the major , looking hard at Pen . Pen , with a laugh ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. her myself once , and very far gone , too , " he added ; " but that is years ago . " " 66 Were you u ? How far did it go ? Did she return it ? " asked the major , looking hard at Pen . Pen , with a laugh ...
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His ..., Volume 2 William Makepeace Thackeray Volledige weergave - 1858 |
The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His ..., Volume 2 William Makepeace Thackeray Volledige weergave - 1850 |
The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His ..., Volume 2 William Makepeace Thackeray Volledige weergave - 1858 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 237 - ... :—I see the truth in that man, as I do in his brother, whose logic drives him to quite a different conclusion, and who, after having passed a life in vain endeavours to reconcile an irreconcilable book, flings it at last down in despair, and declares, with tearful eyes, and hands up to heaven, his revolt and recantation.
Pagina 363 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.
Pagina 9 - ... who could it be but he ? And as you suffer it, so will your brothers, in their way, — and after their kind. More selfish than you : more eager and headstrong than you : they will rush on their destiny when the doomed charmer makes her appearance. Or if they don't, and you don't, Heaven help you ! As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best.
Pagina 237 - ... than a laugh ; if, plunged yourself in easy sensuality, you allow the whole wretched world to pass groaning by you unmoved : if the fight for the truth is taking place, and all men of honour are on the ground armed on the one side or the other, and you alone are to lie on your balcony and smoke your pipe out of the noise and the danger, you had better have died, or never have been at all, than such a sensual coward.
Pagina 236 - ... is merely to follow out, in its progress, the development of the mind of a worldly and selfish, but not ungenerous or unkind, or truth-avoiding man. And it will be seen that the lamentable stage to which his logic at present has brought him...