A Paladin of Philanthropy: And Other PapersChatto & Windus, 1899 - 361 Seiten |
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... Fielding in Hogarth's posthumous sketch . He wears a military - looking hat , and a caped coat with deep cuffs and ruffles . His sword hilt projects between his skirts ; and in his right hand , which is propped upon a stout walking ...
... Fielding in Hogarth's posthumous sketch . He wears a military - looking hat , and a caped coat with deep cuffs and ruffles . His sword hilt projects between his skirts ; and in his right hand , which is propped upon a stout walking ...
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... Fielding's ' Amelia ' can scarcely be regarded as evidences of an attained ideal . One of the most interesting mementos of Oglethorpe's en- deavours - which , by the way , were not restricted to his Parliamentary labours - is Hogarth's ...
... Fielding's ' Amelia ' can scarcely be regarded as evidences of an attained ideal . One of the most interesting mementos of Oglethorpe's en- deavours - which , by the way , were not restricted to his Parliamentary labours - is Hogarth's ...
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... Fielding later , they were detained several weeks at the Isle of Wight by contrary winds ) , they reached their destination . Of course there were dis- appointments . Tybee Island , at the river - mouth , which should have been lighted ...
... Fielding later , they were detained several weeks at the Isle of Wight by contrary winds ) , they reached their destination . Of course there were dis- appointments . Tybee Island , at the river - mouth , which should have been lighted ...
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... Fielding for his burlesque of Richardson's ' Pamela . ' But obscure circumstances delayed the publication of the ' Vicar of Wakefield ' for four years , and when at last it was issued , its first burst of success - a success , as far as ...
... Fielding for his burlesque of Richardson's ' Pamela . ' But obscure circumstances delayed the publication of the ' Vicar of Wakefield ' for four years , and when at last it was issued , its first burst of success - a success , as far as ...
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... Fielding's ' Pasquin , ' - which Goldsmith himself had indicated with equal accuracy in his earliest book , -still lay in the way of all dramatic purpose , and he was to avoid none of them . When he submitted his completed work to ...
... Fielding's ' Pasquin , ' - which Goldsmith himself had indicated with equal accuracy in his earliest book , -still lay in the way of all dramatic purpose , and he was to avoid none of them . When he submitted his completed work to ...
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Seite 289 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours; not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY.
Seite 53 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Seite 153 - I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of this kind. The true title of this part of his work is, A Dialogue between a Green-goose and a Hero.
Seite 206 - I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c., a French boy singing love-songs,* in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 in gold before them ; upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust...
Seite 164 - Hottentot indeed, and tho' your abilities are respectable, you never can be respected yourself. He has the aspect of an Idiot, without the faintest ray of sense gleaming from any one feature — with the most awkward garb, and unpowdered grey wig, on one side only of his head — he is for ever dancing the devil's jig, and sometimes he makes the most driveling effort to whistle some thought in his absent paroxisms.
Seite 201 - Following his Majesty this morning through the gallery, I went, with the few who attended him, into the Duchess of Portsmouth's dressing-room within her bed-chamber, where she was in her morning loose garment, her maids combing her, newly out of her bed, his Majesty and the gallants standing about her...
Seite 311 - It used to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank wine ; but I hod a cut of meat for sixpence, and bread for a penny, and gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served, nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing.
Seite 90 - XIV., he lost the succession to a very good estate in the county of Wexford, in Ireland, from the same humour, which he has preserved ever since, of preferring the state of his mind to that of his fortune.
Seite 284 - — writes Arbuthnot to Swift under date of March 19, 1729 — "is now become one of the obstructions to the peace of Europe, the terror of the ministers, the chief author of the Craftsman and all the seditious pamphlets which have been published against the Government. He has got several turned out of their places ; the greatest ornament of the court banished from it for his sake ; another great lady [Mrs.
Seite 286 - The duchess is a more severe check upon my finances than ever you were, and I submit, as I did to you, to comply to my own good. I was a long time before I could prevail with her to let me allow myself a pair of shoes with two heels, for I had lost one, and the shoes were so decayed that they were not worth mending.