Tom Jones, Volume 2Derby, 1861 |
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... give thee a few wholesome admonitions ; that thou mayest not as grossly misunderstand and misrepre- sent us , as some of the said editors have misunderstood and misrepresented their author . First , then , we warn thee not too hastily ...
... give thee a few wholesome admonitions ; that thou mayest not as grossly misunderstand and misrepre- sent us , as some of the said editors have misunderstood and misrepresented their author . First , then , we warn thee not too hastily ...
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Henry Fielding. Another caution we would give thee , my good reptile , is , that thou dost not find out too near a resemblance between cer- tain characters here introduced ; as , for instance , between the landlady who appears in the ...
Henry Fielding. Another caution we would give thee , my good reptile , is , that thou dost not find out too near a resemblance between cer- tain characters here introduced ; as , for instance , between the landlady who appears in the ...
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... give him a true information , saying , he had lost his wife , and was come in pursuit of her . " Upon my shoul , " cries he , " I have been near catching her already in two or three places , if I had not found her gone just as I came up ...
... give him a true information , saying , he had lost his wife , and was come in pursuit of her . " Upon my shoul , " cries he , " I have been near catching her already in two or three places , if I had not found her gone just as I came up ...
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... give of her virtue , than her crying out , which , I believe , twenty people can witness for her she did ? I beg , madam , you would spread no such scandal of any of my guests ; for it will not only reflect on them , but upon the house ...
... give of her virtue , than her crying out , which , I believe , twenty people can witness for her she did ? I beg , madam , you would spread no such scandal of any of my guests ; for it will not only reflect on them , but upon the house ...
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... give yourself so much trouble on my account . " O , madam ! ” cries the other , “ I have several good rooms , for that matter , but none good enough for your honour's ladyship . However , as you are so condescending to take up with the ...
... give yourself so much trouble on my account . " O , madam ! ” cries the other , “ I have several good rooms , for that matter , but none good enough for your honour's ladyship . However , as you are so condescending to take up with the ...
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Page 37 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Page 256 - 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 49 - 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 318 - 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 ne did.
Page 63 - I made no doubt but that his designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is ; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. My aunt was, I conceived, neither young enough, nor handsome enough, to attract much wicked inclination ; but she had matrimonial charms in great abundance. I was the more confirmed in this opinion from the extraordinary respect which he showed to myself, from the first moment of our acquaintance.
Page 155 - Foretel 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, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by...
Page 316 - Partridge gave that credit to Mr. Garrick which he had denied to Jones, and fell into so violent a trembling that his knees knocked against each other. Jones asked him what was the matter, and whether he was afraid of the warrior upon the stage?
Page 157 - From thee only can the manners of mankind be known ; to which the recluse pedant, however great his parts, or extensive his learning may be, hath ever been a stranger.
Page 316 - Whatever happens it is good enough for you. — Follow you ? — I'd follow the devil as soon. Nay, perhaps, it is the devil ; for they say he can put on what likeness he pleases. Oh ! here he is again. — No farther ! No, you have gone far enough already ; farther than I'd gone for all the king's dominions.
Page 317 - 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. ? As much frightened as you ' think me, and, to be sure, nobody can help some fears. ' I would not be in so bad a condition as what's his name, ' Squire Hamlet, is there, for all the world.