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Burlesques By: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) |
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By William Makepeace Thackeray CONTENTS NOTES BY EMINENT HANDS. George de Barnwell. By Sir E. L. B. L., Bart. Codlingsby. By D. Shrewsberry, Esq. Phil Fogarty. A Tale of the Fighting Onety Oneth. By Harry Rollicker Barbazure. By G. P. R. Jeames, Esq., etc. Lords and Liveries. By the Authoress of "Dukes and Dejeuners," "Hearts and Diamonds," "Marchionesses and Milliners," etc., etc. Crinoline. By Je mes Pl sh, Esq. The Stars and Stripes. By the Author of "The Last of the Mulligans," "Pilot," etc. A Plan for a Prize Novel THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ., WITH HIS LETTERS. A Lucky Speculator The Diary Jeames on Time Bargings Jeames on the Gauge Question Mr. Jeames Again THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN. I. "Truth is Strange, Stranger than Fiction" II. Allyghur and Laswaree III. A Peep into Spain. Account of the Origin and Services of the Ahmednuggar Irregulars IV. The Indian Camp the Sortie from the Fort V. The Issue of my Interview with my Wife VI. Famine in the Garrison VII. The Escape VIII. The Captive IX. Surprise of Futtyghur A LEGEND OF THE RHINE. I. Sir Ludwig of Hombourg II. The Godesbergers III. The Festival IV. The Flight V. The Traitor's Doom VI. The Confession VII. The Sentence VIII. The Childe of Godesberg IX. The Lady of Windeck X. The Battle of the Bowmen XI. The Martyr of Love XII. The Champion XIII. The Marriage REBECCA AND ROWENA; A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE. CHAPTER I. The Overture Commencement of the Business II. The Last Days of the Lion III. St. George for England IV. Ivanhoe Redivivus V. Ivanhoe to the Rescue VI. Ivanhoe the Widower VII. The End of the Performance THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION. I. II. Henry V. and Napoleon III III. The Advance of the Pretenders Historical Review IV. The Battle of Rheims V. The Battle of Tours VI. The English under Jenkins VII. The Leaguer of Paris VIII. The Battle of the Forts IX. Louis XVII COX'S DIARY. The Announcement First Rout A Day with the Surrey Hounds The Finishing Touch A New Drop Scene at the Opera Striking a Balance Down at Beulah A Tournament Over Boarded and Under Lodged Notice to Quit Law Life Assurance Family Bustle NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS. GEORGE DE BARNWELL BY SIR E. L. B. L., BART. 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 glorious as the untired Sun God. He is Eros, the ever young. Dark, dark were this world of ours had either Divinity left it dark without the day beams of the Latonian Charioteer, darker yet without the daedal Smile of the God of the Other Bow! Dost know him, reader? Old is he, Eros, the ever young. He and Time were children together. Chronos shall die, too; but Love is imperishable. Brightest of the Divinities, where hast thou not been sung? Other worships pass away; the idols for whom pyramids were raised lie in the desert crumbling and almost nameless; the Olympians are fled, their fanes no longer rise among the quivering olive groves of Ilissus, or crown the emerald islets of the amethyst Aegean! These are gone, but thou remainest. There is still a garland for thy temple, a heifer for thy stone. A heifer? Ah, many a darker sacrifice. Other blood is shed at thy altars, Remorseless One, and the Poet Priest who ministers at thy Shrine draws his auguries from the bleeding hearts of men! While Love hath no end, Can the Bard ever cease singing? In Kingly and Heroic ages, 'twas of Kings and Heroes that the Poet spake. But in these, our times, the Artisan hath his voice as well as the Monarch... Continue reading book >>
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