 The old gentleman pronounced these aristocratic names with the greatest gusto. Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him, and my-lorded him as only a freeborn Briton can do. He came home and looked out his history in the Peerage; he introduced...  Complete Works - 123. lappuseautors: William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1926 - 912 lapas
...fact that it is understood as adnominal in function; thus in clean-shaven, free-born, fresh-gathered. Whenever he met a great man, he grovelled before him...and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do. THACK., Van. Fair, I, Ch. XIII, 131. ft) Many combinations resembling the above consist of an adjective... | |
 | Vilhelm Bladin - 1911 - 200 lapas
...stranger; «it more becomes me to honour your gray hairs — —». Cf. NED. Thackeray, Vanity Fair 132. Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him,...and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do. 1855 Thackeray, Miss E. and my wife.. 'my-dearesting each other with that female fervour [etc.]. 1864... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1917 - 460 lapas
...of your doings. sir, with Lord Tarquin, Captain Crawley of the guards, the Honourable Mr. Deuceace and that set. Have a care, sir, have a care." The...; he bragged about his Lordship to his daughters. Pie fell down prostrate and basked in him as a Neapolitan beggar does in the sun. George was alarmed... | |
 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - 1917 - 456 lapas
...of your doings, sir, with Lord Tarquin, Captain Crawley of the guards, the Honourable Mr. Deuceace and that set. Have a care, sir, have a care," The...conversation; he bragged about his Lordship to his laughters. He fell down prostrate and basked in him as a Neapolitan beggar does in the sun. George... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 lapas
...generalization and revolutionary ardor. Karl Marx (1818-1883) German social philosopher, revolutionary Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him and mylorded as only a free-born Englishman can do. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) English author Englishmen... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 lapas
...HELEN ROWLAND {1875- 1950), US journalist. Л Cuídelo Men, -Maxims of Cleopaira," no. 10(1922). 6 free-bom Briton can do. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (181 1-63), English aulhor. Vanity Fair, ch. 13... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 lapas
...de Corneul (1605-1694) is attributed with the saying, "No man is a hero to his valet." Servility 1 Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him,...and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, (1811-1863) British author. Vanity Fair, ch. 13 (1848). Referring to Mr.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 lapas
...woman with fair opportunities and without a positive hump, may many whom she likes. 4174 Vanity Fair Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him,...and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do. 4175 Vanity Fair If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 lapas
...woman with fair opportunities and without a positive hump, may marry whom she likes. 11642 Vanity Fair od him smiled at one another and shook their heads;...but, for mine own part, it was Greek to me. 10278 Ju 11643 Vanity Fair If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation... | |
 | Brenda Williams - 2005 - 106 lapas
...was born in this Dorset cottage in ¡840, and here lie wrote Far From the Madding Crowd. IN THE NEWS 'Whenever he met a great man, he grovelled before...and my-lorded him as only a freeborn Briton can do,' wrote Thackeray in his novel Vanity Fair. Free-born Britons delighted in reading about their great... | |
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