Thackeray is here - arrived yesterday, greatly to the discomfort of. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
And lastly Dickens, like Thackeray, is stronger in characterization than in plot. From Wordnik.com. [The Dickens Centenary] Reference
Thackeray is not immune to the legacy of this formula, and yet he cunningly situates his text in such. From Wordnik.com. [Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment] Reference
Thackeray is here, and the Brownings, so it is not their fault if we are not both witty and political. From Wordnik.com. [Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters] Reference
Geoffrey Palmer as an elegantly smarmy Thackeray is especially worthy of notice. posted by John at 11: 00 AM. From Wordnik.com. [12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004] Reference
1853: Mr. Thackeray is one of the most genial and amiable of men. From Wordnik.com. [Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment] Reference
Mr. Taylor is the author of " Thackeray " (1999) and, most recently, " Ask Alice " (2010). From Wordnik.com. [Not Exactly Mutual Friends] Reference
A girl pretty enough to recall Thackeray's admiration of the Corkagian beauties of his day. From Wordnik.com. [Penelope's Irish Experiences] Reference
"You told me the Thackeray was your usual refuge in town, so I thought. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Larkspur] Reference
But with the addition of the name 'Thackeray', my life changed completely. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
But in some ways he was a kind of Thackeray several degrees underproof -- a small-beer. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
'Thackeray's Christmas Book at once grieved and pleased me, as most of his writings do. From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle] Reference
That fellow called Thackeray -- I can't read his things right straight through -- but he's an eye-opener. ". From Wordnik.com. [T. Tembarom] Reference
As a man of letters, other men of letters who followed him, such as Thackeray, could not be very proud of him. From Wordnik.com. [Thackeray] Reference
We lived for the first year at the La Pierre Hotel, where we met with many pleasant people, such as Thackeray, Thalberg, Ole Bull. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs] Reference
L. 's, about 'Violets, dark blue violets;' Thackeray's version was 'Cabbages, bright green cabbages,' and we thought it very witty. From Wordnik.com. [Thackeray] Reference
I do not hesitate to name Thackeray the first. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography] Reference
Thackeray, and asked to have his best novel recommended. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Thackeray had an affectionate admiration for his talents. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
August 12, 1848 (No. 370), Jerrold was at Guernsey, Thackeray was at. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Thackeray would now and then send a letter of apology instead of his. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
"If humour only meant laughter," said Thackeray, in his essay on the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Thackeray, which has been placed at my disposal by Messrs. Bradbury and. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Thackeray with avidity; went now and then to the opera; proposed to let. From Wordnik.com. [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference
In the "Bedford Hotel" -- beloved of Thackeray, for in it he wrote much of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The Staff which was brought together consisted of Douglas Jerrold, Thackeray, Laman. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Nor did he abandon political alliances with anti-Muslim radicals like Mumbai's Bal Thackeray. From Wordnik.com. [AN INDIAN CHAMPION] Reference
One of the Staff -- Thackeray most likely -- declared that it would be wisest to be indefinite. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
It has been said, with authority, that Thackeray never illustrated any articles but his own; but that is wholly incorrect. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Dickens took a prominent part in raising a fund for the benefit of the widow, and with Thackeray and Dr.W. H. (now Sir W.lliam). From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
We all know how Thackeray never saw a boy without wanting to tip him -- a practical form of sympathy which found great approval. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Richardson and his immediate followers, and find its most perfect expression in the works of George Eliot, Dickens, Thackeray, Hawthorne. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
Thackeray's hatred of the snob, more than suspected him of being a snob himself; and Thackeray felt not less convinced of the hollowness of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
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