William Makepeace Thackeray Berühmte Zitate
Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit (Vanity fair). Aus dem Englischen von Katia Mann (1883-1980). Leipzig: List, 1967. S. 555
William Makepeace Thackeray: Zitate auf Englisch
“He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.”
The Book of Snobs http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/snobs10.txt (1848), ch. 2.
Sorrows of Werther, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Sorrows of Werther, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Quelle: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 30.
Pendennis: At the Church Gate, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The History of Pendennis (1848-1850)
“I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.”
Quelle: The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 56.
"George III"
Said by Princess Augusta to her son, George III
Four Georges (1860-1861)
