The novels of Tobias Smollett. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author [by sir W. Scott, Volume 3 |
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... nature ; and raised up a virtuous character , in opposition to the adventurer , with a view to amuse the fancy , engage the affection , and form a striking contrast which might heighten the expression , and give a relief to the moral of ...
... nature ; and raised up a virtuous character , in opposition to the adventurer , with a view to amuse the fancy , engage the affection , and form a striking contrast which might heighten the expression , and give a relief to the moral of ...
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... nature ushered into the world amidst a whole cloud of witnesses : but , that he was acknowledged by no mortal sire , solely proceeded from the uncertainty of his mother , whose affections were so dissipated among a number of admirers ...
... nature ushered into the world amidst a whole cloud of witnesses : but , that he was acknowledged by no mortal sire , solely proceeded from the uncertainty of his mother , whose affections were so dissipated among a number of admirers ...
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... nature with a very amorous complexion . These cir- cumstances being premised , the reader will not be surprised to find her smitten by those un- common qualifications which we have celebrat- ed in young Fathom . She had in good sooth ...
... nature with a very amorous complexion . These cir- cumstances being premised , the reader will not be surprised to find her smitten by those un- common qualifications which we have celebrat- ed in young Fathom . She had in good sooth ...
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... nature of the case absolutely required . This would have been a difficulty soon removed , had the scene of the transaction been laid in the metropolis of England , where passengers are plied in the streets by clergymen , who prosti ...
... nature of the case absolutely required . This would have been a difficulty soon removed , had the scene of the transaction been laid in the metropolis of England , where passengers are plied in the streets by clergymen , who prosti ...
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... nature and inclination , and he accord- ingly resolved that his talent should not rust in his possession . He was already pretty well versed in all the sciences of play ; but he had every day occasion to see these arts carried to such a ...
... nature and inclination , and he accord- ingly resolved that his talent should not rust in his possession . He was already pretty well versed in all the sciences of play ; but he had every day occasion to see these arts carried to such a ...
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acquainted adventurer affair 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 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 - 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 ; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities : But out upon this half-fac'd fellowship ! Wor.
Page 21 - He had formerly imagined, but was now fully persuaded, that the sons of men preyed upon one another, and such was the end and condition of their being. Among the principal figures of life, he observed few or no characters that did not bear a strong analogy to the savage tyrants of the wood.
Page 41 - ... stretching their extravagant arms athwart the gloom," conspired, with the dejection of spirits occasioned by his loss, to disturb his fancy, and raise strange phantoms in his imagination. Although he was not naturally superstitious, his mind began to be invaded with an awful...
Page 485 - I would do what I pleased ; and doing what I pleased, I should have my will ; and having my will, I should be contented ; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired ; and when there is no more to be , desired, there's an end of it ; and let the estate come, and God be with ye ; and let us see it, as one blind man said to another.
Page 4 - Let me not, therefore, 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 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; while those who hesitate on the brink of iniquity may be terrified from plunging into that irremediable gulf, by surveying the deplorable...
Page 60 - He surveyed the neighbouring coast of England with fond and longing eyes, like another Moses, reconnoitring the land of Canaan from the top of Mount Pisgah ; and to such a degree of impatience was he inflamed by the sight, that, instead of proceeding to Calais, he resolved to take his passage directly from Boulogne, even if he should hire a vessel for the purpose.
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 151 - ... one knee, with his body advancing forwards; and in this attitude he gazed with a look through which his soul seemed eager to escape. To his view, thus strained upon vacant space, in a few minutes appeared the figure of a woman arrayed in white, with a veil that covered her face, and flowed down upon her back and shoulders...
Page 414 - I hope, redound to your own advantage. 'When God created our first parent in the terrestrial paradise, we are told by the holy scripture, that he was thrown into a deep sleep, during which, the Almighty took a rib from his left side, and of this, Eve being formed, Adam no sooner awoke and beheld her, than he cried, "This creature is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone.
Page 42 - ... for his own preservation. What upon a less interesting occasion his imagination durst not propose, he now executed without scruple or remorse. He undressed the corpse that lay bleeding among the straw, and, conveying it to the bed in his arms, deposited it in the attitude of a person who sleeps at his ease ; then he extinguished the light, took possession of the place from whence the body had been removed, and, holding a...