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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... letter that reduces him to the verge of death and dif- traction , · - CHAP . LXI . Renaldo meets with a living monument of justice , and encounters a perfonage of fome note in these memoirs , CHAP . LXII . His return to England , and ...
... letter that reduces him to the verge of death and dif- traction , · - CHAP . LXI . Renaldo meets with a living monument of justice , and encounters a perfonage of fome note in these memoirs , CHAP . LXII . His return to England , and ...
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... letter of their contract . He could not help fubfcribing to the righteousness of this propofal , which , neverthelefs , he would have will- ingly waved , on the fuppofition that they could not pof- fibly be joined in the bands of ...
... letter of their contract . He could not help fubfcribing to the righteousness of this propofal , which , neverthelefs , he would have will- ingly waved , on the fuppofition that they could not pof- fibly be joined in the bands of ...
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... 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 fpecious accom- plishments ; for he was ...
... 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 fpecious accom- plishments ; for he was ...
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Tobias Smollett. tude and averfion to letters , concealed an amazing fund of villany and ingratitude . Hitherto his obfervation had been confined to a narrow fphere , and his reflections , though furprisingly juft and acute , had not ...
Tobias Smollett. tude and averfion to letters , concealed an amazing fund of villany and ingratitude . Hitherto his obfervation had been confined to a narrow fphere , and his reflections , though furprisingly juft and acute , had not ...
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... letter that contains his doom , than I will fubmit to your fatal determination . Speak then , an- gelic sweetness ! for never , ah ! never will I rise from this fuppliant pofture , until I am encouraged to live and hope . No ! if you ...
... letter that contains his doom , than I will fubmit to your fatal determination . Speak then , an- gelic sweetness ! for never , ah ! never will I rise from this fuppliant pofture , until I am encouraged to live and hope . No ! if you ...
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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.