Or that , as william thackeray said , a man over 50 should never write a novel ?
或者如威廉萨克雷所说的,男人过了50就不该写小说?
It is to the middle class we must look for the prosperity of africa , to paraphrase william thackeray .
化用威廉萨克雷的话说,若求非洲之繁荣,当赖其中产阶级。
Or , for that matter , no fuss was made at the time when william shakespeare and william makepeace thackeray , both celebrated as masters of the tongue , used they in the singular form .