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" Such histories as these do, in reality, very much resemble a newspaper, which consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. "
Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form, 1660-1785 - Page 303
by Stuart Sherman - 1996 - 323 pages
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling, Volume 1

Henry Fielding - England - 1749 - 298 pages
...Hi ft ones as thefe do, in reality, very much refemble a News-Paper, which confiih of juft the fame Number of Words, whether there be any News in it or not. They may likewife be compared to a StageCoach, which performs conflantly the feme Courfe, empty as well as full....
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The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq;: The history of Tom Jones

Henry Fielding - 1766 - 396 pages
...hiitories as thefe do, in reality, very much refemblc a news-paper, which coulills of juil the fame number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. They may, likewife, be compared to a ftagecoach, which performs conilantly the fame courfe, empty as well as...
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The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: With the Life of the Author, Volume 7

Henry Fielding - 1771 - 404 pages
...do, in reality, very much referable a news-paper, which confifts of juft the fame . :' ' "•" number number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. They may, likewife, be compared to a ftagecoach, which performs conftantly the fame courfe, empty as well as...
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling. By Henry Fielding, Esq; In Four ...

Henry Fielding - 1791 - 368 pages
...hiftories as thefe do , in reality, very much referable a news-paper, which confifts of juft the fame number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. They may likewife be compared to a ftage-coach , which performs conftantly the fame couffe, empty as well as...
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Tom Jones

Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 664 pages
...notable reras when the greatest scenes have been trans,acted on the human stage. Such histories as these do, in reality, very much resemble a news-paper, which consists of just the »ame number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. They may, likewise, be compared to a...
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The works of Henry Fielding, with memoir of the author, by T. Roscoe

Henry Fielding - 1845 - 578 pages
...notable eras when the greatest scenes have been transacted on the human stage. Such histories as these he king for my money; he speaks all his words distinctly,...actor." He durst not go to bed all that night, for fe stag* coach, which performs constantly the same '-oane, empty as well as full. The writer, indeed,...
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The works of Henry Fielding, with an essay on his life and genius ..., Volume 6

Henry Fielding - 1871 - 598 pages
...notable eras when the greatest scenes have been transacted on the human stage. Such histories as these do, in reality, very much resemble a newspaper, which...in it or not. They may, likewise, be compared to a stage coach, which performs constantly the same course, empty as well as full. The writer, indeed,...
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The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: Henry Fielding, by Leslie Stephen. The ...

Henry Fielding, Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 634 pages
...notable eras when the greatest scenes have been transacted on the human stage. Such histories as these do, in reality, very much resemble a newspaper, which...in it or not. They may, likewise, be compared to a stage coach, which performs constantly the same course, empty as well as full. The writer, indeed,...
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling, Volume 1

Henry Fielding - 1887 - 536 pages
...notable eras when the greatest scenes have been transacted on the human stage. Such histories as these do, in reality, very much resemble a newspaper, which...news in it or not. They may likewise be compared to a stage coach, which performs constantly the same course, empty as well as full. The writer, indeed,...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 176

Literature - 1888 - 1004 pages
...happiest images, compares a certain class of "painful and voluminous historians" first of all, "to a newspaper, which consists of just the same number...of words, whether there be any news in it or not;" and secondly, "to a stage-coach, which performs constantly the same course empty as well as full. Johnson,...
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