The novels of Henry Fielding ... complete in one volume. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author [by sir W. Scott].1821 |
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... Slip- slop the chambermaid , and others , IV . What happened after their journey to London , V. The death of Sir Thomas ... Slipslop's departure in no very good temper of mind , and the evil plight in which she left Adams and his company ...
... Slip- slop the chambermaid , and others , IV . What happened after their journey to London , V. The death of Sir Thomas ... Slipslop's departure in no very good temper of mind , and the evil plight in which she left Adams and his company ...
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... Slipslop Duty. is by keeping the excellent pattern of his sister's virtues before his eyes , that Mr Joseph Andrews was chiefly enabled to preserve his purity in the midst of such great temptations . I shall only add , that this ...
... Slipslop Duty. is by keeping the excellent pattern of his sister's virtues before his eyes , that Mr Joseph Andrews was chiefly enabled to preserve his purity in the midst of such great temptations . I shall only add , that this ...
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Henry Fielding. Of Mr Abraham Adams the curate , Mrs Slipslop Duty of Man , and Thomas a Kempis ; and that the ... Slip- slop the chambermaid, and others,
Henry Fielding. Of Mr Abraham Adams the curate , Mrs Slipslop Duty of Man , and Thomas a Kempis ; and that the ... Slip- slop the chambermaid, and others,
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... Slipslop the waiting gentlewoman , being herself the daughter of a curate , preserved some respect for Adams ; she professed great regard for his learning , and would frequently dispute with him on points of theology ; but always in ...
... Slipslop the waiting gentlewoman , being herself the daughter of a curate , preserved some respect for Adams ; she professed great regard for his learning , and would frequently dispute with him on points of theology ; but always in ...
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... Slipslop and three female friends , who made a party at cards ; but on the seventh she ordered Joey , whom , for a good reason , we shall hereafter call Joseph , to bring up her tea - kettle . The lady being in bed , called Joseph to ...
... Slipslop and three female friends , who made a party at cards ; but on the seventh she ordered Joey , whom , for a good reason , we shall hereafter call Joseph , to bring up her tea - kettle . The lady being in bed , called Joseph to ...
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Page 442 - cries Jones, "dost thou take to be such a coward here besides thyself?" "Nay, you may call me coward if you will; but, if that little man there upon the stage is not frightened, I never saw any man frightened in my life.
Page 443 - He the best player!" cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene...
Page 442 - Our critic was now pretty silent till the play, which Hamlet introduces before the king. This he did not at first understand, till Jones explained it to him; but he no sooner entered into the spirit of it, than he began to bless himself that he had never committed murder. Then turning to Mrs. Miller, he asked her, "If she did not imagine the King looked as if he was touched; though he is," said he, "a good actor, and doth all he can to hide it.
Page 183 - The side that's next the sun. Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compar'd to that was next her chin (Some bee had stung it newly) ; But, Dick, her eyes so guard her face; I durst no more upon them gaze Than on the sun in July. Her mouth...
Page 275 - Oh woman ! lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ! Angels are painted fair to look like you : There's in you all, that we believe of" heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 142 - Reader, take care. I have unadvisedly led thee to the top of as high a hill as Mr. Allworthy's, and how to get thee down without breaking thy neck, I do not well know.
Page 7 - As to the character of Adams, as it is the most glaring in the whole, so I conceive it is not to be found in any book now extant It is designed a character of perfect simplicity; and as the goodness of his heart will recommend him to the good-natured, so I hope it will excuse me to the gentlemen of his cloth; for whom, while they are worthy of their sacred order, no man can possibly have a greater respect.
Page 139 - Reader, I think proper, before we proceed any farther together, to acquaint thee, that I intend to digress, through this whole history, as often as I see occasion; of which I am myself a better judge than any pitiful critic whatever.
Page 306 - Again, there is another sort of knowledge beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had by conversation. So necessary is this to the understanding the characters of men, that none are more ignorant of them than those learned pedants, whose lives have been entirely consumed in colleges, and among books: for however exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can only be learnt in the world.
Page 443 - Ay, ay, you may sing. You had rather sing than work, I believe.' Upon Hamlet's taking up the skull, he cried out : ' Well ! it is strange to see how fearless some men are ; I never could bring myself to touch anything belonging to a dead man on any account.