The Life of Henry Fielding: With Notices of His Writings, His Times, and His ContemporariesA. Hall, Virtue & Company, 1855 - 384 pagina's |
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... means improbable that the minute sketch of the parson's figure in that novel was intended for the pedagogue . " He ( Trulliber ) was indeed one of the largest men you should see , and could have acted the part of Sir John Falstaff ...
... means improbable that the minute sketch of the parson's figure in that novel was intended for the pedagogue . " He ( Trulliber ) was indeed one of the largest men you should see , and could have acted the part of Sir John Falstaff ...
Pagina 13
... means deficient in the indecencies which were then considered to give a zest to humour . The truth is , that Fielding could not afford to be dull ; and decorum was in that age considered synonymous with dul- ness . Had his play been ...
... means deficient in the indecencies which were then considered to give a zest to humour . The truth is , that Fielding could not afford to be dull ; and decorum was in that age considered synonymous with dul- ness . Had his play been ...
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... means to get £ 5000 a year , and spend it , which no Englishman ever did or could do in Switzerland . " 1 Heidegger's personal ugliness was most remarkable ; and he had wit and good sense enough to make it a subject of pleasantry . " He ...
... means to get £ 5000 a year , and spend it , which no Englishman ever did or could do in Switzerland . " 1 Heidegger's personal ugliness was most remarkable ; and he had wit and good sense enough to make it a subject of pleasantry . " He ...
Pagina 19
... means a contemptible produc- tion ; but its scenes furnish evidence of that fatal facility which is generally so ruinous to the young author . " With a careless and hasty pencil " ( to use the expression of one of his critics ) ...
... means a contemptible produc- tion ; but its scenes furnish evidence of that fatal facility which is generally so ruinous to the young author . " With a careless and hasty pencil " ( to use the expression of one of his critics ) ...
Pagina 39
... means of gratifying the demands of the moment's prodigality . Under such circumstances , he threw off many light , sketchy perform . ances , that are little worth the pains of criticism , and which he scarcely took the trouble to ...
... means of gratifying the demands of the moment's prodigality . Under such circumstances , he threw off many light , sketchy perform . ances , that are little worth the pains of criticism , and which he scarcely took the trouble to ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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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