The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling, Volumen3A. Millar, 1749 |
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... himself ) may most probably have learned ' to conftrue the famous Nil admirari of Horace , or in the English Phrase , To ftare at nothing . A fingle bad Act no more constitutes a Villain in Life , than a fingle bad Part on the Stage ...
... himself ) may most probably have learned ' to conftrue the famous Nil admirari of Horace , or in the English Phrase , To ftare at nothing . A fingle bad Act no more constitutes a Villain in Life , than a fingle bad Part on the Stage ...
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... himself . ONES received his Effects from Mr. All- JON worthy's carly in the Morning , with the following Anfwer to his Letter , ia SIR , : I AM commanded by my Uncle to ac- quaint you , that as he did not pro- ceed to thofe Mcafures he ...
... himself . ONES received his Effects from Mr. All- JON worthy's carly in the Morning , with the following Anfwer to his Letter , ia SIR , : I AM commanded by my Uncle to ac- quaint you , that as he did not pro- ceed to thofe Mcafures he ...
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... himself whither he fhould go . The World , aş Milton phrafes it , lay all before him ; and Jones , no more than dam , had any Man to whom he might refrt for Comfort or Affiftance . All his Acquaintance were the Acquaintance of Mr ...
... himself whither he fhould go . The World , aş Milton phrafes it , lay all before him ; and Jones , no more than dam , had any Man to whom he might refrt for Comfort or Affiftance . All his Acquaintance were the Acquaintance of Mr ...
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... himself , ' returned Mrs. Western , you would overcome my Pa- tience . What Objection can you have to the young Gentleman ? · A very folid Objection , in my Opi nion , ' fays Sophia , ' I hate him . ' • Will you never learn a proper Ufe ...
... himself , ' returned Mrs. Western , you would overcome my Pa- tience . What Objection can you have to the young Gentleman ? · A very folid Objection , in my Opi nion , ' fays Sophia , ' I hate him . ' • Will you never learn a proper Ufe ...
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... himself of the Per- fon of fome unhappy Debtor , views all his Tears without Concern : In vain the wretched Captive attempts to raise Com- paffion ; in vain the tender Wife bereft of her Companion , the little prattling Boy , or ...
... himself of the Per- fon of fome unhappy Debtor , views all his Tears without Concern : In vain the wretched Captive attempts to raise Com- paffion ; in vain the tender Wife bereft of her Companion , the little prattling Boy , or ...
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Página 311 - Nor will all the qualities I have hitherto given my historian avail him, unless he have what is generally meant by a good heart, and be capable of feeling.
Página 311 - In reality, no man can paint a distress well which he doth not feel while he is painting it; nor do I doubt but that the most pathetic and affecting scenes have been writ with tears. In the same manner it is with the ridiculous. I am convinced I never make my reader laugh heartily but where I have laughed before him...
Página 144 - As we have no public notoriety, no concurrent testimony, no records to support and corroborate what we deliver, it becomes us to keep within the limits not only of possibility, but of probability too ; and this more especially in painting what is greatly good and amiable.
Página 150 - The great art of all poetry is to mix truth with fiction, in order to join the credible with the surprising.