The Novels of Tobias Smollett: Count Fathom. Sir Launcelot Greaves. Translation of Cervantes's Don QuixoteHurst, Robinson and Company, 1821 |
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... character which he has no opportunity to inves- tigate , he pours forth the homage of his admiration upon some false Maecenas , whose future conduct gives the lie to his eulogium , and involves him in shame and confusion of face . Such ...
... character which he has no opportunity to inves- tigate , he pours forth the homage of his admiration upon some false Maecenas , whose future conduct gives the lie to his eulogium , and involves him in shame and confusion of face . Such ...
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... character from the purlieus of treachery and fraud , when 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 ...
... character from the purlieus of treachery and fraud , when 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 ...
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... character in humble life oc- Holland , he was not born till after the carriage casionally occurs in a performance of ... characters , the dignified conversation , the poignant repar- tee , in short , the genteel comedy of the polite ...
... character in humble life oc- Holland , he was not born till after the carriage casionally occurs in a performance of ... characters , the dignified conversation , the poignant repar- tee , in short , the genteel comedy of the polite ...
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... character he had hitherto maintained , and the circumspection of his future conduct . He seldom or never erred in ... characters and consciences for hire , in defiance of all decency and law ; but in the kingdom of Hungary ...
... character he had hitherto maintained , and the circumspection of his future conduct . He seldom or never erred in ... characters and consciences for hire , in defiance of all decency and law ; but in the kingdom of Hungary ...
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... character might be called in question : she produced her own keys , and begged upon her knees , that her chamber and boxes might be searched without delay . In a word , she demeaned herself so artfully upon this occasion , that her ...
... character might be called in question : she produced her own keys , and begged upon her knees , that her chamber and boxes might be searched without delay . In a word , she demeaned herself so artfully upon this occasion , that her ...
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acquainted adventurer affection agreeable Amadis de Gaul Anselmo answered appearance arms Aurelia barber beauty began believe Camilla Cardenio Castilian cern CHAP chivalry Count countenance Crabshaw cried curate Darnel's daughter declaration desire Don Diego Don Fernando Don Quixote Dorothea Dulcinea Dulcinea del Toboso enchanted endeavoured entertained eyes father Fathom favour Ferdinand fortune gentleman give Greaves hand happy hath hear heard heart Heaven hero honour hope horse husband knight knight-errant la Mancha leave Leonela looked Lothario manner master means Melvil ment misfortune mistress Monimia never observed occasion passion perceived person present promise racter received Renaldo renegado replied resolved Rozinante Sancho Sancho Panza seemed Serafina servant Sir Launcelot soon sooner soul squire sword tears thee thing thou thought tion told Tom Clarke took turn virtue whole wife words worship wretched young lady Zorayda
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Page 90 - I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.
Page 4 - 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.
Page 279 - I have the honour to be, SIR, Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant, T.
Page 94 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities.
Page 4 - Let me not," says he, in the dedication to Dr. (we are unable to supply the blank), " be condemned for having chosen my principal character from the purlieus of treachery and fraud, when I declare my purpose is to set him up as a beacon for the benefit of the inexperienced 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, while those who hesitate on the brink of iniquity may be terrified from...
Page 45 - ... second guest, who had been murdered, she fell upon her knees, and began to recommend herself to the protection of the saints, crossing herself with as much devotion as if she had been entitled to the particular care and attention of Heaven. Nor did her anxiety abate when she was undeceived in this her supposition, and understood it was no phantom, but the real substance of the stranger ; who, without staying to upbraid her with the enormity of her crimes, commanded her, on pain of immediate death,...
Page 4 - The impulses of fear, which is the most violent and interesting of all the passions, remain longer than any other upon the memory...
Page 44 - ... next morning, on account of the tempestuous night. Ferdinand sounded the beldame with a thousand artful interrogations, and she answered with such appearance of truth and simplicity, that he concluded his person was quite secure...
Page 188 - I see and distinguish objects as they are discerned and described by other men. I reason without prejudice, can endure contradiction, and, as the company perceives, even bear impertinent censure without passion or resentment. I quarel with none but the foes of virtue and decorum, against whom I have declared perpetual war, and them I will every where attack as the natural enemies of mankind.
Page 245 - King, then and there being, and to the evil and pernicious example of the liege people of the said lord the King, and against the peace of our said lord the King, his crown and dignity.