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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... must not only perform my duty to my friends , but also discharge the debt I owe to my own intereft . We live in a cenforious age ; and an author cannot take too much precaution to anticipate the prejudice , misappre- henfion , and ...
... must not only perform my duty to my friends , but also discharge the debt I owe to my own intereft . We live in a cenforious age ; and an author cannot take too much precaution to anticipate the prejudice , misappre- henfion , and ...
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... must of neceffity be fubject to mistakes , in ex- plaining the motives of thofe actions they record , unless they derive their intelligence from the candid confeffion of the person whose character they reprefent ; and that , of ...
... must of neceffity be fubject to mistakes , in ex- plaining the motives of thofe actions they record , unless they derive their intelligence from the candid confeffion of the person whose character they reprefent ; and that , of ...
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... must have been very converfant with the loweft fcenes of life ; " - who , when Swift or Pope represents a coxcomb in the act of fwearing , fcruple not to laugh at the ridiculous execra- tions ; but , in a lefs reputed author , condemn ...
... must have been very converfant with the loweft fcenes of life ; " - who , when Swift or Pope represents a coxcomb in the act of fwearing , fcruple not to laugh at the ridiculous execra- tions ; but , in a lefs reputed author , condemn ...
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... forefathers , in fpite of all his mother's loquacity and elocution : -Though it must be owned , for the credit of her maternal care , that fhe let flip no occafion of making it familiar to his ear A 4 FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM . 7.
... forefathers , in fpite of all his mother's loquacity and elocution : -Though it must be owned , for the credit of her maternal care , that fhe let flip no occafion of making it familiar to his ear A 4 FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM . 7.
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... must be furiously infected with the rage of patronizing , who could take fuch a deplorable performance into his protection . The farcafm took effect . The person against whom it was levelled taking um- brage at his prefumption , affumed ...
... must be furiously infected with the rage of patronizing , who could take fuch a deplorable performance into his protection . The farcafm took effect . The person against whom it was levelled taking um- brage at his prefumption , affumed ...
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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.