The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling, Volumen2F. A. Didot, 1780 |
Contenido
| 187 | |
| 206 | |
| 215 | |
| 221 | |
| 228 | |
| 234 | |
| 240 | |
| 248 | |
| 75 | |
| 81 | |
| 91 | |
| 103 | |
| 111 | |
| 120 | |
| 128 | |
| 134 | |
| 141 | |
| 149 | |
| 156 | |
| 167 | |
| 177 | |
| 257 | |
| 270 | |
| 285 | |
| 294 | |
| 305 | |
| 315 | |
| 325 | |
| 334 | |
| 341 | |
| 350 | |
| 357 | |
| 364 | |
| 373 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted affured againſt Allworthy almoſt anſwered aſked aunt becauſe befides Beſides beſt Blifil buſineſs cauſe circumſtance confequence confideration converfation cries Jones cries Sophia defire diſcharged enfign eſcape faid fame father fatisfied fays Jones fays Sophia feemed feen fellow ferjeant fervants fhall fhort fhould fifter fince firft firſt foldiers fome fomething foon fooner fpirit fquire fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furgeon furpriſe gentleman greateſt hath herſelf higheſt himſelf Honour houſe huſband inftance itſelf juftice juſt la'fhip lady laft landlady laſt leaſt lefs leſs lieutenant likewife matter miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never Northerton obfervation occafion paffion Partridge perfon perhaps pleaſed pleaſure poffible prefent promiſe purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved ſaid ſay ſcarce ſcene ſee ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſome ſtory ſtranger ſuch themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought underſtanding unleſs uſed utmoſt Weſtern wiſh woman young yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 192 - But we who deal in private character, who search into the most retired recesses, and draw forth examples of virtue and vice from holes and corners of the world, are in a more dangerous situation. 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 197 - Nor must he be inhibited from showing many persons and things, which may possibly have never fallen within the knowledge of great part of his readers. If the writer strictly observes the rules above-mentioned, he hath discharged his part, and is then entitled to some faith from his reader, who is indeed guilty of critical infidelity if he disbelieves him.
Página 325 - 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 323 - Again there is another sort of knowledge, beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had by conversation. So necessary is this to the understanding the characters of men, that none are more ignorant of them than those learned pedants whose lives have been entirely consumed in colleges, and among books...
Página 325 - I never make my reader laugh heartily but where I have laughed before him; unless it should happen at any time that instead of laughing with me he should be inclined to laugh at me.
Página 321 - By genius I would understand that power, or rather those powers of the mind, which are capable of penetrating into all things within our reach and knowledge, and of distinguishing their essential differences. These are no other than invention and judgment ; and they are both called by the collective name of genius, as they are of those gifts of nature which we bring with us into the world.