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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... wife , CHAP . XV . But at length fucceeds in his attempt upon both , CHAP . XVI . His fuccefs begets a blind fecurity , by which he is once again well nigh entrapped in his dulcinea's apartment , CHAP . XVII . The ftep - dame's ...
... wife , CHAP . XV . But at length fucceeds in his attempt upon both , CHAP . XVI . His fuccefs begets a blind fecurity , by which he is once again well nigh entrapped in his dulcinea's apartment , CHAP . XVII . The ftep - dame's ...
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... wife , which he not only confidered as a proof of her affection and esteem , but also as a compli- ment , by which he might in time acquire the credit of being the real father of fuch an hopeful child . Notwithstanding this new ...
... wife , which he not only confidered as a proof of her affection and esteem , but also as a compli- ment , by which he might in time acquire the credit of being the real father of fuch an hopeful child . Notwithstanding this new ...
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... wife , with a view to difpel all her appre- henfions of his inconftancy or deceit , as fuch a previous engagement would be a check upon his behaviour , and keep him ftrictly to the letter of their contract . He could not help ...
... wife , with a view to difpel all her appre- henfions of his inconftancy or deceit , as fuch a previous engagement would be a check upon his behaviour , and keep him ftrictly to the letter of their contract . He could not help ...
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... wife ; and played upon the violin , and fung alter- nately , for the amusement of his only daughter , a buxom lafs , nearly of his own age , the fruit of a former mar- riage . It was not long before Ferdinand had reafon to con ...
... wife ; and played upon the violin , and fung alter- nately , for the amusement of his only daughter , a buxom lafs , nearly of his own age , the fruit of a former mar- riage . It was not long before Ferdinand had reafon to con ...
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... wife gone to aflift at a lying - in . Our adventurer and the daugher had already exchanged their vows , by the expreflive language of the eyes ; he had even declared himself in fome tender ejaculations which had been foftly whispered in ...
... wife gone to aflift at a lying - in . Our adventurer and the daugher had already exchanged their vows , by the expreflive language of the eyes ; he had even declared himself in fome tender ejaculations which had been foftly whispered in ...
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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.