Showing posts with label William Makepeace Thackeray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Makepeace Thackeray. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Crack Came to Us from Thackeray and to Me from Dr. Micael Clark of Loyola

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Some poet has observed, that if any man would write down what has really happened to him in this mortal life, he would be sure to mak...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Makepeace for Men of Gentle Will

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My song, save this, is little worth; I lay the weary pen aside, And wish you health, and love, and mirth, As fits the solemn Chr...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

A Snob Dealt With - It is all about me, afterall.

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Above all, I never knew a man of letters ASHAMED OF HIS PROFESSION. Those who know us, know what an affectionate and brotherly spirit there ...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

William Makepeace Thackeray ( 1811-1863) Christmas Poem "The Mahagony Tree"

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On 23 December 1863, after returning from dining out and before dressing for bed, Thackeray suffered a stroke and was found dead on his bed ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

American Exceptionalism: 'Even Eden, you know, ain't all built,'- Charles Dickens Took Wild Exception to America

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Last night, while watching President Obama wax Exceptional on our involvement in Libya, my thoughts turned to Chares Dickens and his opinion...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Thackeray on Swift and Steele: My Morning's Oxymoron:Deeds Not Words in Writing

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Facta Non Verba - Deeds Not Words is the motto of Leo High School. It is also a weltansschwang - a world view developing a human temperamen...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Friday Night Noise -Drifters: Only in America

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"To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; t...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Nora, I am Proud of You!

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. . . 'tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for...
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