The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: The history of Tom Jones, a foundlingsubscribers only, 1902 |
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... Blifil ... ..... CHAPTER VIII . Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones .... CHAPTER IX . In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs. Fitzpatrick .... 230 233 237 CHAPTER X. The consequence of the preceding visit . 243 BOOK XVII ...
... Blifil ... ..... CHAPTER VIII . Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones .... CHAPTER IX . In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs. Fitzpatrick .... 230 233 237 CHAPTER X. The consequence of the preceding visit . 243 BOOK XVII ...
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... Blifil from whom Sophia had flown ; and all the answers which she artfully drew from Jones concerning Mr. Allworthy's family confirmed her in this opinion . She , therefore , strictly denied any knowledge concerning the place whither ...
... Blifil from whom Sophia had flown ; and all the answers which she artfully drew from Jones concerning Mr. Allworthy's family confirmed her in this opinion . She , therefore , strictly denied any knowledge concerning the place whither ...
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Henry Fielding, William Ernest Henley. her suspicion concerning Mr. Blifil to her maid , who an- swered , " Sure , madam , he is too pretty a man , in my opinion , for any woman in the world to run away from . I had rather fancy it is Mr ...
Henry Fielding, William Ernest Henley. her suspicion concerning Mr. Blifil to her maid , who an- swered , " Sure , madam , he is too pretty a man , in my opinion , for any woman in the world to run away from . I had rather fancy it is Mr ...
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... Blifil , he made no doubt of his being meant by the father . Coming up , therefore , to the squire , he said , " Though I have not the honor , sir , of being per- sonally known to you , yet , as I find I have the happiness to have my ...
... Blifil , he made no doubt of his being meant by the father . Coming up , therefore , to the squire , he said , " Though I have not the honor , sir , of being per- sonally known to you , yet , as I find I have the happiness to have my ...
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... Blifil ; that's for your comfort ; and , for poor me , I am turned out of doors . " " Indeed , Mrs. Honour , " answered Jones , " you frightened me out of my wits . I imagined some most dreadful sudden accident had happened to Sophia ...
... Blifil ; that's for your comfort ; and , for poor me , I am turned out of doors . " " Indeed , Mrs. Honour , " answered Jones , " you frightened me out of my wits . I imagined some most dreadful sudden accident had happened to Sophia ...
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Page 151 - 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 225 - 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 was never...
Page 33 - Initiate me into all those mysteries which profane eyes never beheld. Teach me, which to thee is no difficult task, to know mankind better than they know themselves. Remove that mist which dims the intellects of mortals, and causes them to adore men for their art, or to detest them for their cunning, in deceiving others, when they are, in reality, the objects only of ridicule, for deceiving themselves. Strip off the thin disguise of wisdom from self-conceit, of plenty from avarice, and of glory from...
Page 293 - 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 fellow-travellers in a stage-coach, who have passed several days in the company of each other; and who, notwithstanding any bickerings or little animosities which may have occurred on the road, generally make all up at last, and mount, for the last time, into their vehicle with...
Page 223 - 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...
Page 221 - In the first row then of the first gallery did Mr Jones, Mrs Miller, her youngest daughter, and Partridge, take their places. Partridge immediately declared it was the finest place he had ever been in. When the first music was played, he said, " It was a wonder how so many fiddlers could play at one time, without putting one another out.
Page 224 - Upon Hamlet's taking up the skull, he cried out, 'Well! it is strange to see how fearless some men are: I never could bring myself to touch anything belonging to a dead man, on any account.— He seemed frightened...
Page 141 - A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
Page 222 - Denmark, began, Partridge was all attention, nor did he break silence till the entrance of the ghost; upon which he asked Jones: "What man that was in the strange dress; something," said he, "like what I have seen in a picture. Sure it is not armour, is it? " Jones answered: "That is the ghost.
Page 374 - ... short, let the requisite allowance be made for the increased refinement of our manners, — and then I dare believe that no young man who consulted his heart and conscience only, without adverting to what the world would say — could rise from the perusal of Fielding's Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews, or Amelia, without feeling himself a better man ; — at least, without an intense conviction that he could not be guilty of a base act.