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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Pagina 14
... poor George Farquhar ( the dramatist ) , and the pro- tection he afforded his helpless family , are worthy of commemoration . After his friend's death , Wilks found amongst his papers this pathetic note : - " Dear Bob , I have not ...
... poor George Farquhar ( the dramatist ) , and the pro- tection he afforded his helpless family , are worthy of commemoration . After his friend's death , Wilks found amongst his papers this pathetic note : - " Dear Bob , I have not ...
Pagina 33
... poor . " - Justice Squeezum was most efficiently represented by a comedian who had long acquired celebrity in such characters Hyppesly , the original Peachum in " The Beggar's Opera . " In the delineation of amorous dotage ...
... poor . " - Justice Squeezum was most efficiently represented by a comedian who had long acquired celebrity in such characters Hyppesly , the original Peachum in " The Beggar's Opera . " In the delineation of amorous dotage ...
Pagina 56
... poor deserted place ; None to our boxes now in pity stray , But poets free o ' the house , and beaux who never pay . No longer now we see our crowded door Send the late comer back again at four . At seven now into our empty pit Drops ...
... poor deserted place ; None to our boxes now in pity stray , But poets free o ' the house , and beaux who never pay . No longer now we see our crowded door Send the late comer back again at four . At seven now into our empty pit Drops ...
Pagina 64
... poor author is quite pathetic in the advertisement which he prefixed to the published copies of this play . " I have heard , " he writes , " that there are some young gentlemen of this town who make a jest of damning plays ; but did ...
... poor author is quite pathetic in the advertisement which he prefixed to the published copies of this play . " I have heard , " he writes , " that there are some young gentlemen of this town who make a jest of damning plays ; but did ...
Pagina 70
... Poor swain ! he had dreamt that he saw his Celia with a pale cheek and a heaving bosom , disturbed by a distant cry of " Thieves ! " Address- ing her , he says : - " Not so you look when at the ball Envy'd you shine , outshining all ...
... Poor swain ! he had dreamt that he saw his Celia with a pale cheek and a heaving bosom , disturbed by a distant cry of " Thieves ! " Address- ing her , he says : - " Not so you look when at the ball Envy'd you shine , outshining all ...
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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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