The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M. D.: The adventures of Ferdinand, count FathomJ. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh, and for J. Mundell, College, Glasgow, 1796 |
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... Renaldo abridges the proceedings at law , and approves himself the son of his father , · · CHAP . LIX . He is the meffenger of happiness to his fifter , who re- moves the film which had long obstructed his penetration with re- gard to ...
... Renaldo abridges the proceedings at law , and approves himself the son of his father , · · CHAP . LIX . He is the meffenger of happiness to his fifter , who re- moves the film which had long obstructed his penetration with re- gard to ...
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... himself in the most pathetic terms , on the un- toward difpofition of his fon ; he told Fathom , that he fhould accompany Renaldo ( that was the youth's name ) not only as a companion , but a preceptor and 40 THE ADVENTURES OF.
... himself in the most pathetic terms , on the un- toward difpofition of his fon ; he told Fathom , that he fhould accompany Renaldo ( that was the youth's name ) not only as a companion , but a preceptor and 40 THE ADVENTURES OF.
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... Renaldo and his governor , who were provided with letters of re- commendation to fome of the count's friends belonging to the imperial court . Such a favourable introduction could not fail of being advantageous to a youth of Ferdinand's ...
... Renaldo and his governor , who were provided with letters of re- commendation to fome of the count's friends belonging to the imperial court . Such a favourable introduction could not fail of being advantageous to a youth of Ferdinand's ...
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... Renaldo , and prefenting the fum of money which he had defrauded him of the preceding night , told him , with a ftern countenance , that , though it was a just acquisition , he fcorned to avail himself of his good fortune against any ...
... Renaldo , and prefenting the fum of money which he had defrauded him of the preceding night , told him , with a ftern countenance , that , though it was a just acquisition , he fcorned to avail himself of his good fortune against any ...
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... Renaldo's companion , because nobody fufpected the defect of his pedigree ; and even after a report had been circulated to the prejudice of his extraction , by the industry of a lacquey who attended the young count , there were not ...
... Renaldo's companion , because nobody fufpected the defect of his pedigree ; and even after a report had been circulated to the prejudice of his extraction , by the industry of a lacquey who attended the young count , there were not ...
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accompliſhments addrefs adventurer affection affiftance affured againſt alſo anfwered becauſe began cauſe cife circumftances confequence confiderable confidered converfation count courſe daugh defign defire difpofition diſappointed Don Diego endeavoured exerciſe expreffed eyes faid faluted fame Fathom fatisfaction favour faying fecured feemed fent fentiments Ferdinand ferved fervice fhall fhould firft firſt fituation fome foon fooner forrow fortune found himſelf fpirits friendſhip ftill ftranger fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufpicion fuppofed furniſhed furpriſed gentleman happineſs hath heart Heaven hero herſelf honour houfe houſe huſband intereft jeweller laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs lover Mademoiſelle meaſures Melvil miſtreſs moft Monimia moſt muſt myſelf never obferved occafion paffion perceived perfon phyfician pleaſure poffeffion portunity prefent promiſed propofal purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved refpect Renaldo ſcheme Serafina ſhe ſome ſtill ſuch Swifs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranfports Tyroleze underſtand uſe vifit whofe whoſe Wilhelmina young lady
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Page 218 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Page viii - I declare my purpose is to set him up as a beacon for the benefit of the unexperienced and unwary, who, from the perusal of these memoirs, may learn to avoid the manifold snares with which they are continually surrounded in the paths of life...
Page vii - The impulses of fear, which is the most violent and interesting of all the passions, remain longer than any other upon the memory: and for one that is allured to virtue by the contemplation of that peace and happiness which it bestows, an hundred are deterred from the practice of vice, by that infamy and punishment to which it is liable, from the laws and regulations of mankind.
Page vi - ... person for whom I have the most perfect attachment and esteem, you have no cause to complain of the indelicacy with which your faults are reprehended. And as they are chiefly the excesses of a sanguine disposition and looseness of thought, impatient of caution or control, you may, thus stimulated, watch over your own intemperance and infirmity with redoubled vigilance and consideration, and for the future profit by the severity of my reproof.
Page 96 - The first steps he had taken for his preservation were the effects of mere instinct, while his faculties were extinguished or suppressed by despair ; but now, as his reflection began to recur, he was haunted by the most intolerable apprehensions. Every whisper of the wind through the thickets was swelled into the hoarse menaces of murder, the shaking of the boughs was construed into the brandishing of poniards, and every shadow of a tree became the apparition of a ruffian eager for blood. In short,...
Page vii - A novel is a large diffused picture, comprehending the characters of life, disposed in different groups, and exhibited in various attitudes, for the purposes of an uniform plan, and general occurrence, to which every individual figure is subservient. But this plan cannot be executed with propriety, probability, or success, without a principal personage to attract the attention, unite the incidents, unwind the clue of the labyrinth, and at last close the scene, by virtue of his own importance.