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English Novelist, Writer July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863

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If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we know that no lady in the genteel world can possess this desideratum, until she has put on a train and feathers and has been presented to her Sovereign at Court. From that august interview they come out stamped as honest women. The Lord Chamberlain gives them a certificate of virtue. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "She lived in her past life- these relics and remembrances of..."
She lived in her past life- these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that was left her in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray
..though Miss Rebecca Sharp has twice had occasion to thank Heaven, it has been, in the first place, for ridding her of some person whom she hated, and secondly, for enabling her to bring her enemies to some sort of perplexity or confusion; neither of which are very amiable motives for religious gratitude, William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in..."
In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends... William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone."
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone. William Makepeace Thackeray
What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! Why myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! [...] Nature meant very kindly by women when she made the tea plant; and with a little thought, what series of pictures and groups of the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup. William Makepeace Thackeray
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise. William Makepeace Thackeray
...which among you does not know and suffer under such benevolent despots? It is in vain you say to them, 'Dear madam, I took Podgers' specific at your orders last year, and believe in it. Why, why, am I to recant and accept the Rodger's articles now?' There is no help for it; the faithful proselytizer, if she cannot convice by argument, bursts into tears, and the recusant finds himself, at the end of the conteest, taking down the bolus, and saying, 'Well, well, Rodger's be it. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned..."
She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip-shod and in curl-papers, all day. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump,..."
A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES. William Makepeace Thackeray

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