The history of Tom JonesCarey and Lea, 1832 |
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... tell what the characters actually said , in which his task is the same as that of the dra- matic author , but must ... telling , in short , all which in the drama it be- that of the dramatist , and , indeed , appear to compre- comes the ...
... tell what the characters actually said , in which his task is the same as that of the dra- matic author , but must ... telling , in short , all which in the drama it be- that of the dramatist , and , indeed , appear to compre- comes the ...
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... tell him that a particular scene was dangerous , on ac- count of its coarseness , or because it retarded the general business with feeble efforts of wit ; he doubted the discernment of his auditors , and so thought him- As it was the ...
... tell him that a particular scene was dangerous , on ac- count of its coarseness , or because it retarded the general business with feeble efforts of wit ; he doubted the discernment of his auditors , and so thought him- As it was the ...
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... tell one fib , will hardly stick at another . If I had told my master such a wicked fib as you have done , I should be ashamed to show my face . ' " What fib , child ? ' cries Thwackum pret- ty eagerly . ' Why , he told you that nobody ...
... tell one fib , will hardly stick at another . If I had told my master such a wicked fib as you have done , I should be ashamed to show my face . ' " What fib , child ? ' cries Thwackum pret- ty eagerly . ' Why , he told you that nobody ...
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... tell him . tonness , wildness , and want of caution , too much contributed . ' O , ho " says Thwackum , ' you will not , then I will have it out of your br - h ; ' that being the place to which he always applied for information on every ...
... tell him . tonness , wildness , and want of caution , too much contributed . ' O , ho " says Thwackum , ' you will not , then I will have it out of your br - h ; ' that being the place to which he always applied for information on every ...
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... tell you many a an interval occurred , he acquainted the good year ago what would come of it ? company with what Sophia had said to But you would have your own headstrong him . ways ; yes , you would , you villain . ' Goody Seagrim then ...
... tell you many a an interval occurred , he acquainted the good year ago what would come of it ? company with what Sophia had said to But you would have your own headstrong him . ways ; yes , you would , you villain . ' Goody Seagrim then ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted afraid Allworthy Allworthy's appeared arrived assure aunt began begged behaviour believe better Blifil brother called cerning CHAP CHAPTER character cries Jones daugh daughter dear desire doth endeavour eyes father favour fellow Fitzpatrick fortune gamekeeper gave give guineas happened happiness hath hear heard heart Henry Fielding highwayman honour hope horse husband imagine Jenny Jones Jonathan Wild Joseph Andrews justice of peace kind knew la'ship Lady Bellaston ladyship landlady least likewise lord madam manner marriage married matter means mention Miller mind mistress morning nature never Nightingale obliged occasion opinion Partridge passion perhaps person pleased poor present promise racter reader received say the truth seen servants soon sooner Sophia squire Squire Allworthy suffer sure tell thee thing thou thought Thwackum tion told Tom Jones tridge violent Western whole wife woman word young gentleman young lady
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Página 371 - ... you called it, between him and his 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 370 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 224 - 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. The author who will make me weep, says Horace, must first weep himself.
Página 20 - The whispering zephyr and the purling rill? Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
Página 46 - IN that part of the western division of this kingdom, which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived (and perhaps lives still) a gentleman, whose name was Allworthy, and who might well be called the favourite of both nature and fortune ; for both of these seem to have contended which should bless and enrich him most.
Página 300 - Milton, sweetly tuning the heroic lyre ; fill my ravished fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to come. 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 62 - Jurisdiction whatever: For as I am, in reality, the Founder of a new Province of Writing, so I am at liberty to make what Laws I please therein.
Página 249 - 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 6 - He had the advantage both in learning and, in my opinion, genius: they both agreed in wanting money in spite of all their friends, and would have wanted it, if their hereditary lands had been as extensive as their imagination; yet each of them [was] so formed for happiness, it is pity he was not immortal.
Página 223 - 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 ; for however exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learnt only in the world.