The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson ...: Selected from the Original Manuscripts, Bequeathed by Him to His Family, to which are Prefixed, a Biographical Account of that Author, and Observations on His Writings, Volume 1 |
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... wrote also some novels ; I cannot speak of them , for I have not seen them : they do not appear to have attained much celebrity . Richardson was the man who was to introduce a new kind of of moral painting ; he drew equally from nature ...
... wrote also some novels ; I cannot speak of them , for I have not seen them : they do not appear to have attained much celebrity . Richardson was the man who was to introduce a new kind of of moral painting ; he drew equally from nature ...
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... wrote , spontaneously , a " letter to a widow of near fifty , who , " pretending to a zeal for religion , and " being a constant frequenter of church " ordinances , was continually fomenting quarrels and disturbances , by back- " biting ...
... wrote , spontaneously , a " letter to a widow of near fifty , who , " pretending to a zeal for religion , and " being a constant frequenter of church " ordinances , was continually fomenting quarrels and disturbances , by back- " biting ...
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... wrote well , was a master " of the epistolary style . Our subjects 66 66 were various but his letters were mostly narrative , giving me an account of his proceedings , and what befel him in " the different nations through which he ...
... wrote well , was a master " of the epistolary style . Our subjects 66 66 were various but his letters were mostly narrative , giving me an account of his proceedings , and what befel him in " the different nations through which he ...
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... wrote upon the occasion ) " the " e short in your Paměla ; I observe it is " so in her own pretty verses at parting . I am for deriving her name from her " qualities ; only that the Greek was and « · ños allude much too faintly to the ...
... wrote upon the occasion ) " the " e short in your Paměla ; I observe it is " so in her own pretty verses at parting . I am for deriving her name from her " qualities ; only that the Greek was and « · ños allude much too faintly to the ...
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... wrote his Joseph Andrews in ridicule of Pamela . Joseph is sup- posed to be the brother of Pamela , and Mr. B. is ' Squire Booby . Richardson was exceedingly hurt at this ; the more so , as they had been upon good terms , and he was ...
... wrote his Joseph Andrews in ridicule of Pamela . Joseph is sup- posed to be the brother of Pamela , and Mr. B. is ' Squire Booby . Richardson was exceedingly hurt at this ; the more so , as they had been upon good terms , and he was ...
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Page xxxix - As a bashful and not forward boy, I was an early favourite with all the young women of taste and reading in the neighbourhood. Half a dozen of them, when met to work with their needles, used, when they got a book they liked, and thought I should, to borrow me to read to them ; their mothers sometimes with them ; and both mothers and daughters used to be pleased with the observations they put me upon making.
Page lxxiv - ... to the simplicity of it, might possibly introduce a new species of writing, that might possibly turn young people into a course of reading different from the pomp and parade of romance-writing, and dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion and virtue. I therefore gave way to enlargement: and so Pamela became as you see her.
Page cii - The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a brothel, in grief, in distraction, in despair, it is still lovely, still commanding, still the object of our veneration...
Page liii - Osborne,] entreated' in« to write for them a little volume of Letters in a common style, on such subjects as might be of use to those country readers who were unable to indite for themselves.
Page lxix - ... and particularly he asked who was the owner of a fine house, as it seemed to him, beautifully situated, which he had passed by (describing it) within a mile or two of the inn.
Page lxv - Which can with a resistless charm impart The loosest wishes to the chastest heart; Raise such a conflict, kindle such a fire Between declining virtue and desire, Till the poor vanquish'd maid dissolves away In dreams all night, in sighs and tears all day.
Page xl - I have been directed to chide, and even repulse, when an offence was either taken or given, at the very time that the heart of the chider or repulser was open before me, overflowing with esteem and affection ; and the fair repulser, dreading to be taken at her word, directing this word, or that expression, to be softened or changed. One highly gratified with her lover's...
Page xlii - ... and, being engaged in a correspondence with a gentleman, greatly my superior in degree, and of ample fortune, who, had he lived, intended high things for me; those were all the opportunities I had in my apprenticeship to carry it on. But this little incident I may mention ; I took care that even my candle was of my own purchasing, that I might not, in the most trifling instance, make my master a sufferer...
Page lxxi - That the girl, improving daily in beauty, modesty, and genteel and good behaviour, by the time she was fifteen, engaged the attention of her lady's son, a young gentleman of free principles, who, on her lady's death, attempted, by all manner of temptations and devices, to seduce her. That she had recourse to as many innocent stratagems to escape the snares laid for her virtue...
Page xxx - ... for him having on the Duke's attempt on the crown, subjected him to be looked upon with a jealous eye, notwithstanding he was noted for a quiet and inoffensive man, he thought proper, on the decollation of the first-named unhappy nobleman, to quit his London business, and to retire to Derbyshire, though to his great detriment; and there I, and three other children out of nine, were born.