The history of Tom Jones, a foundling, with illustr. by G. Cruikshank, Volume 21876 |
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... less affected with those uneasy sensations , at seeing the nature of which he is a partaker degraded into so odious and detestable a creature . In fact , if there be enough of goodness in a character to engage the admiration and ...
... less affected with those uneasy sensations , at seeing the nature of which he is a partaker degraded into so odious and detestable a creature . In fact , if there be enough of goodness in a character to engage the admiration and ...
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... less have undertaken to do all within the time ; but the guest , being unfortunately admitted behind the scenes , must have been witness to the fourberie ; the poor woman was therefore obliged to confess that she had none in the house ...
... less have undertaken to do all within the time ; but the guest , being unfortunately admitted behind the scenes , must have been witness to the fourberie ; the poor woman was therefore obliged to confess that she had none in the house ...
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... less afraid in my life ; and so , if your honour is resolved to go on , I am resolved to follow you . But , in that case , I wish I might give my opinion . To be sure , it is a scandalous way of travelling , for a great gentleman like ...
... less afraid in my life ; and so , if your honour is resolved to go on , I am resolved to follow you . But , in that case , I wish I might give my opinion . To be sure , it is a scandalous way of travelling , for a great gentleman like ...
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... less unplea- sant to read . Jones having , at length , shaken Mr Western off , and some of the company having interfered between them , our hero protested his innocence as to knowing anything of the lady ; when Parson Supple stepped up ...
... less unplea- sant to read . Jones having , at length , shaken Mr Western off , and some of the company having interfered between them , our hero protested his innocence as to knowing anything of the lady ; when Parson Supple stepped up ...
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... less acquainted than he really was with the former aversion of his daughter , as he had not , however , yet received her consent , he longed impatiently to communicate it to him , not doubting but that the intended bride herself would ...
... less acquainted than he really was with the former aversion of his daughter , as he had not , however , yet received her consent , he longed impatiently to communicate it to him , not doubting but that the intended bride herself would ...
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Page 274 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 47 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 340 - did not you yourself observe afterwards, when he found it was his own father's spirit, and how he was murdered in the garden, how his fear forsook him by degrees, and he was struck dumb with sorrow, as it were, just as I should have been, had it been my own case ? — But...
Page 222 - Vanbrugh and Congreve copied nature ; but they who copy them draw as unlike the present age, as Hogarth would 5 do if he was to paint a rout or a drum in the dresses of Titian and of Vandyke. In short, imitation here will not do the business. The picture must be after nature herself. A true knowledge of the world is gained only by conversation, and the manners of every rank must be seen in order to be known.
Page 165 - Foretell me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet unborn, hereafter, when, under the fictitious name of Sophia, she reads the real worth which once existed in my Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay...
Page 341 - No wonder then,' cries Partridge, 'that the place is haunted. But I never saw in my life a worse grave-digger. I had a sexton, when I was a clerk, that should have dug three graves while he is digging one. The fellow handles a spade as if it was the first time he had ever had one in his hand.
Page 341 - Little more worth remembering occurred during the play ; at the end of which Jones asked him which of the players he liked best. To this he answered, with some appearance of indignation at the question :
Page 342 - He the best player!" cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he acted so fine: why, Lord help me, any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I...
Page 341 - I never saw in my life a worse grave-digger. I had a sexton when I was clerk that should have dug three graves while he is digging one. The fellow handles a spade as if it was the first time he had ever had one in his hand. Ay, ay, you may sing. You had rather sing than work, I believe.
Page 340 - Partridge sat in fearful expectation of this; and now, when the ghost made his next appearance Partridge cried out, ' There, sir, now ; what say you now ? is he frightened now or no 1 As much frightened as you think me, and, to be sure, nobody can help some fears.