The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Volumen2Baudry's Foreign Library, 1831 |
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... happened to meet with any such person , we have not chosen to introduce any such here . To say the truth , I a little question whether mere man ever arrived at this consummate degree of excellence , as well as whe- ther there hath ever ...
... happened to meet with any such person , we have not chosen to introduce any such here . To say the truth , I a little question whether mere man ever arrived at this consummate degree of excellence , as well as whe- ther there hath ever ...
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... happened than the behaviour of Partridge , who , when the serjeant drank a health to King George , repeated only the word king ; nor could he be brought to utter more : for though he was going to fight against his own cause , yet he ...
... happened than the behaviour of Partridge , who , when the serjeant drank a health to King George , repeated only the word king ; nor could he be brought to utter more : for though he was going to fight against his own cause , yet he ...
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... happened since Partridge had first left it on his master's summons . The serjeant was just marched off with his party , when the two Irish gentlemen arose , and came down stairs ; both complaining , that they had been so often waked by ...
... happened since Partridge had first left it on his master's summons . The serjeant was just marched off with his party , when the two Irish gentlemen arose , and came down stairs ; both complaining , that they had been so often waked by ...
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... happened at the inn at Upton . In the first place , then , this gentleman just arrived was no other person than ' Squire Western himself , who was come hither in pursuit of his daughter ; and had he fortu- nately been two hours earlier ...
... happened at the inn at Upton . In the first place , then , this gentleman just arrived was no other person than ' Squire Western himself , who was come hither in pursuit of his daughter ; and had he fortu- nately been two hours earlier ...
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... happened ; so the sister eternally foresaw at a distance , but was not so quick - sighted to objects before her eyes . Of both these the reader may have observed examples ; and , indeed , both their several ta- lents were excessive ...
... happened ; so the sister eternally foresaw at a distance , but was not so quick - sighted to objects before her eyes . Of both these the reader may have observed examples ; and , indeed , both their several ta- lents were excessive ...
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acquainted afraid answered Jones arrived assure aunt began behaviour believe better Blifil called CHAPTER Cicero consent cousin Coventry cries Allworthy cries Jones cries the squire daugh daughter dear desire doth Dowling endeavour eyes father favour fellow Fitzpatrick fortune give happened happy hath hear heard heart heartily Heaven highwayman honour hope horses hostler husband imagine justice of peace kind knew Lady Bellaston ladyship landlady landlord likewise lodgings Lord Fellamar lordship madam maid manner marriage married matter mentioned Miller Miss Western mistress morning Nancy nephew never niece night Nightingale obliged occasion pardon passion perhaps person pleased poor present promise racter reader received servant sooner Sophia Squire Allworthy sure tell tender thee thing thou thought tion told tridge truth uncle Upton violent wife woman word wretch young gentleman young lady Zounds
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Página 291 - 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.
Página 361 - ... 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 at a play in London, yet I have seen acting before in the country; and the king for my money; he speaks all his words distinctly, half as loud again as the other. — Anybody may see he is an actor.
Página 35 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Página 359 - And during the whole speech of the ghost, he sat with his eyes fixed partly on the ghost and partly on Hamlet, and with his mouth open; the same passions which succeeded each other in Hamlet, succeeding likewise in him. When the scene was over Jones said, " Why. Partridge, you exceed my expectations. You enjoy the play more than I conceived possible.
Página 4 - The foibles and vices of men, in whom there is great mixture of good, become more glaring objects from the virtues which contrast them and show their deformity; and when we find such vices attended with their evil consequence to our favourite characters, we are not only taught to shun them for our own sake, but to hate them for the mischiefs they have already brought on those we love.
Página 360 - If she did not imagine the king looked as if he was touched; though he is," said he, "a good actor, and doth all he can to hide it. Well, I would not have so much to answer for as that wicked man there hath, to sit upon a much higher chair than he sits upon. No wonder he run away: for your sake I'll never trust an innocent face again.
Página 174 - Foretel me, that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet unborn, hereafter, when under the fictitious name of Sophia, she reads the real worth which once existed in my Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh.
Página 361 - Little more worth remembering occurred during the play ; at the end of which Jones asked him which of the players he liked best. To this he answered, with some appearance of indignation at the question :
Página 392 - I never heard any thing of pertness, or what is called repartee, out of her mouth ; no pretence to wit, much less to that kind of wisdom which is the result only of great learning and experience; the affectation of which , in a young woman , is as absurd as any of the affectations of an ape.
Página 360 - ... he no sooner entered into the spirit of it, than he began to bless himself that he had never committed murder. Then turning to Mrs. Miller, he asked her, "If she did not imagine the King looked as if he was touched; though he is," said he, "a good actor, and doth all he can to hide it.