VANITY FAIR WILLIAM MAKERPEACE THACKERAY CHAPTER 56 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng quen thuộc. Nhằm giúp các em và các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh | VANITY FAIR WILLIAM MAKERPEACE THACKERAY CHAPTER 56 Georgy is Made a Gentleman Georgy Osborne was now fairly established in his grandfather s mansion in Russell Square occupant of his father s room in the house and heir apparent of all the splendours there. The good looks gallant bearing and gentlemanlike appearance of the boy won the grandsire s heart for him. Mr. Osborne was as proud of him as ever he had been of the elder George. The child had many more luxuries and indulgences than had been awarded his father. Osborne s commerce had prospered greatly of late years. His wealth and importance in the City had very much increased. He had been glad enough in former days to put the elder George to a good private school and a commission in the army for his son had been a source of no small pride to him for little George and his future prospects the old man looked much higher. He would make a gentleman of the little chap was Mr. Osborne s constant saying regarding little Georgy. He saw him in his mind s eye a collegian a Parliament man a Baronet perhaps. The old man thought he would die contented if he could see his grandson in a fair way to such honours. He would have none but a tip-top college man to educate him none of your quacks and pretenders no no. A few years before he used to be savage and inveigh against all parsons scholars and the like declaring that they were a pack of humbugs and quacks that weren t fit to get their living but by grinding Latin and Greek and a set of supercilious dogs that pretended to look down upon British merchants and gentlemen who could buy up half a hundred of em. He would mourn now in a very solemn manner that his own education had been neglected and repeatedly point out in pompous orations to Georgy the necessity and excellence of classical acquirements. When they met at dinner the grandsire used to ask the lad what he had been reading during the day and was greatly interested at the report the boy gave of his own studies .
