The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: The history of Tom Jones, a foundlingsubscribers only, 1902 |
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... obliged to look back .. CHAPTER VII . In which Mr. Western pays a visit to his sister , in company with Mr. 212 218 226 Blifil ... ..... CHAPTER VIII . Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones .... CHAPTER IX . In which Jones ...
... obliged to look back .. CHAPTER VII . In which Mr. Western pays a visit to his sister , in company with Mr. 212 218 226 Blifil ... ..... CHAPTER VIII . Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones .... CHAPTER IX . In which Jones ...
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... obliged to follow ; for though he hardly dared to advance , he dared still less to stay behind by himself . At length they arrived at the place whence the lights and different noises had issued . This Jones perceived to be no other than ...
... obliged to follow ; for though he hardly dared to advance , he dared still less to stay behind by himself . At length they arrived at the place whence the lights and different noises had issued . This Jones perceived to be no other than ...
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... obliging , " returned Jones ; " and I will accept your offer for a few minutes , whilst the rain con- tinues ; and ... obliged to follow the ex- ample of Jones ; the one because he durst not leave his horse , and the other because he ...
... obliging , " returned Jones ; " and I will accept your offer for a few minutes , whilst the rain con- tinues ; and ... obliged to follow the ex- ample of Jones ; the one because he durst not leave his horse , and the other because he ...
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... obliged to stay here longer than he wished , while a smith , with great deliberation , shoed the post - horse he was to ride , he doubted not but to overtake his Sophia before she should set out from St. Albans , at which place he con ...
... obliged to stay here longer than he wished , while a smith , with great deliberation , shoed the post - horse he was to ride , he doubted not but to overtake his Sophia before she should set out from St. Albans , at which place he con ...
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... obliged to you , sir , if you will accept of my company , for it is very late , and I am a stranger to the road . " Jones readily complied with the request ; and on they travelled together , holding that sort of discourse which is usual ...
... obliged to you , sir , if you will accept of my company , for it is very late , and I am a stranger to the road . " Jones readily complied with the request ; and on they travelled together , holding that sort of discourse which is usual ...
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Page 153 - 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 229 - 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 35 - 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 297 - 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 227 - 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 225 - 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 228 - 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 143 - A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
Page 226 - 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.