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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... received at Court , and a bon - mot of hers , addressed to the Princess of Wales , is much celebrated . The princess observed to her one day that it was reported that she and General Churchill were married : " So it is said , your royal ...
... received at Court , and a bon - mot of hers , addressed to the Princess of Wales , is much celebrated . The princess observed to her one day that it was reported that she and General Churchill were married : " So it is said , your royal ...
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... received a medal , on which was a rising star , with the motto " AD SUMMA ; " and below were the words , " INVENIAM VIAM AUT FACIAM . " 1 Casual auditors were admitted on the payment of a shilling - a practice which subjected the orator ...
... received a medal , on which was a rising star , with the motto " AD SUMMA ; " and below were the words , " INVENIAM VIAM AUT FACIAM . " 1 Casual auditors were admitted on the payment of a shilling - a practice which subjected the orator ...
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... received at first , such scandalous indecency could not long maintain possession of the stage . One can scarcely imagine it possible for women to have listened patiently to the dialogue of this comedy , of which the worst part was ...
... received at first , such scandalous indecency could not long maintain possession of the stage . One can scarcely imagine it possible for women to have listened patiently to the dialogue of this comedy , of which the worst part was ...
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... received with marked approbation , and has always since retained a place among the stock - pieces of the theatre . Perhaps a portion of this enduring popularity may be ascribed to the scope which it affords for the display of the powers ...
... received with marked approbation , and has always since retained a place among the stock - pieces of the theatre . Perhaps a portion of this enduring popularity may be ascribed to the scope which it affords for the display of the powers ...
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... received pecuniary assistance . But that assistance came in too questionable a shape to be altogether satisfactory to the recipient . Besides , if there were nothing ( 1 ) Essay on the Life and Genius of Fielding . humiliating in receiving ...
... received pecuniary assistance . But that assistance came in too questionable a shape to be altogether satisfactory to the recipient . Besides , if there were nothing ( 1 ) Essay on the Life and Genius of Fielding . humiliating in receiving ...
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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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