The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: With the Life of the Author, Volume 2F.A. Stokes Company, 1890 |
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... poor woman in the nation . ' He then pulled out a handful of guineas , a sight which would have bribed persons of much greater conse- quence than this poor wench , to much worse purposes . Susan , from the account she had received of ...
... poor woman in the nation . ' He then pulled out a handful of guineas , a sight which would have bribed persons of much greater conse- quence than this poor wench , to much worse purposes . Susan , from the account she had received of ...
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... poor woman was , therefore , obliged to confess that she had none in the house ; but , Madam , ' said she , ' I can get any kind of mutton in an instant from the butcher's . ' ' Do you think , then , ' answered the waiting - gentlewoman ...
... poor woman was , therefore , obliged to confess that she had none in the house ; but , Madam , ' said she , ' I can get any kind of mutton in an instant from the butcher's . ' ' Do you think , then , ' answered the waiting - gentlewoman ...
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... poor wench was as hard put to it to restrain her hands from violence , as her mistress had been to hold her tongue . This indeed Susan did not entirely ; for though she literally kept it within her teeth , yet there it mut- tered many ...
... poor wench was as hard put to it to restrain her hands from violence , as her mistress had been to hold her tongue . This indeed Susan did not entirely ; for though she literally kept it within her teeth , yet there it mut- tered many ...
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... before inserted ; since the poor wife may , on these occasions , be so justly compared to a hunted hare . Like that little wretched animal , she pricks up her ears to listen after the voice of her pursuer ; like her , 25.
... before inserted ; since the poor wife may , on these occasions , be so justly compared to a hunted hare . Like that little wretched animal , she pricks up her ears to listen after the voice of her pursuer ; like her , 25.
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... poor Susan had been . Mr. Western and his nephew were not known to one another ; nor indeed would the former have taken any notice of the latter , if he had known him ; for this being a stolen match , and conse- quently an unnatural one ...
... poor Susan had been . Mr. Western and his nephew were not known to one another ; nor indeed would the former have taken any notice of the latter , if he had known him ; for this being a stolen match , and conse- quently an unnatural one ...
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Page 250 - 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 314 - Little more worth remembering occurred during the play, at the end of which Jones asked him, " Which of the players he had liked best ? " To this he answered, with some appearance of indignation at the question, "The king, without doubt.
Page 31 - 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 148 - ... 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 a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom. I shall neither know nor see.
Page 314 - ... 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...
Page 312 - Ola! what noise is that? There he is again! Well, to be certain, though I know there is nothing at all In it, I am glad I am not down yonder, where those men are.
Page 311 - To which Partridge replied with a smile, 'Persuade me to that, sir, if you can. Though I can't say I ever actually saw a ghost in my life, yet I am certain I should know one, if I saw him, better than that comes to. No, no, sir, ghosts don't appear in such dresses as that, neither.
Page 368 - WE are now, reader, arrived at the last stage of our long journey. As we have, therefore, travelled together through so many pages, let us behave to one another like fellowtravellers in a stage coach, who have passed several days in the company of each other...
Page 201 - 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 313 - 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. Bless me! what's become of the spirit? As I am a living soul, I thought I saw him sink into the earth.