The Life of Henry Fielding: With Notices of His Writings, His Times, and His ContemporariesA. Hall, Virtue & Company, 1855 - 384 páginas |
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... hands of his pedagogue . A belief in the efficacy of corporeal punishment was then deeply rooted in the mind of the schoolmaster ; and a sanguinary revenge was often taken for a false quantity or a bad exercise.1 From Eton the future ...
... hands of his pedagogue . A belief in the efficacy of corporeal punishment was then deeply rooted in the mind of the schoolmaster ; and a sanguinary revenge was often taken for a false quantity or a bad exercise.1 From Eton the future ...
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... hand at dramatic composition , and had written a portion of a comedy called " Don Quixote in England . " As soon as he set foot in the metropolis , a few attendances at the theatre of course stimu- lated his dramatic taste . Besides ...
... hand at dramatic composition , and had written a portion of a comedy called " Don Quixote in England . " As soon as he set foot in the metropolis , a few attendances at the theatre of course stimu- lated his dramatic taste . Besides ...
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... hand of the Traps ! 1 It is worthy of remark that the young author , in the prologue to his first comedy ( with an amusing air of self- satisfaction ) , takes credit to himself for the moral tendency of his scenes . But in this respect ...
... hand of the Traps ! 1 It is worthy of remark that the young author , in the prologue to his first comedy ( with an amusing air of self- satisfaction ) , takes credit to himself for the moral tendency of his scenes . But in this respect ...
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... hand , and that no person could hope properly to comprehend it who did not make use of the same instrument to quicken his apprehension.1 An epilogue to this strange performance was written by John Byrom , the inventor of a system of ...
... hand , and that no person could hope properly to comprehend it who did not make use of the same instrument to quicken his apprehension.1 An epilogue to this strange performance was written by John Byrom , the inventor of a system of ...
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... hand , and kept our word from beginning to end . . . . For my part , who think all stage entertainments stuff and nonsense , I consider this as a joke upon ' em all . " - Byrom to Mrs. Byrom , April 2nd , 1729 . his peculiar talents ...
... hand , and kept our word from beginning to end . . . . For my part , who think all stage entertainments stuff and nonsense , I consider this as a joke upon ' em all . " - Byrom to Mrs. Byrom , April 2nd , 1729 . his peculiar talents ...
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Página 255 - Fielding being mentioned, Johnson exclaimed, " he was a blockhead ; " and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, " What I mean by his being a blockhead is, that he was a barren rascal.
Página 162 - Sir Roger and his chaplain, and their mutual concurrence in doing good, is the more remarkable, because the very next village is famous for the differences and contentions that rise between the parson and the squire, who live in a perpetual state of war. The parson is always preaching at the squire; and the squire, to be revenged on the parson, never comes to church.
Página 257 - Why, I could act as well as he myself. 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...
Página 352 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Página 3 - Feilding," like the head of the house ? "I cannot tell, my lord," said he, " except it be that my branch of the family were the first that knew how to spell.
Página 377 - VOCABULARY, or English Spelling Book; with the Meaning attached to each Word. Compiled for the use of Ackworth School. New Edition. 18mo. cloth, Is.
Página 351 - They have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in ; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet.
Página 349 - He has an admirable natural love of truth, the keenest instinctive antipathy to hypocrisy, the happiest satirical gift of laughing it to scorn. His wit is wonderfully wise and detective; it flashes upon a rogue and lightens up a rascal like a policeman's lantern.
Página 257 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer ; ' why, I could act as well as he myself. 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...
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