 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1850 - 392 Seiten
...not show as they are, with the notorious foibles and selfishness of their lives and their education. Since the author of Tom Jones was buried, no writer...fiction among us has been permitted to depict, to his utmost power, a MAN. We must drape him, and give him a certain conventional simper. Society will... | |
 | 1851 - 778 Seiten
...compounding of bigamy. In short, we dont take kindly to Pen. Mr. Thackeray says, what is very true, that " Since the author of ' Tom Jones' was buried, no writer of fiction has been permitted to depict, to his utmost power, a man ; he must be draped, and have a certain conventional... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 796 Seiten
...compounding of bigamy. In short, we dont take kindly to Fen. Mr. Thackeray says, what is very true, that " Since the author of ' Tom Jones' was buried, no writer of fiction has been permitted to depict, to his utmost power, a man ; he must be draped, and hare a certain conventional... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858 - 594 Seiten
...Natural in our Art" restrained him from speaking as boldly as he desired, and where he laments that since the author of "Tom Jones" was buried, no writer...of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a Man. There is rife amongst us a spirit of pedantry (not less contemptible than that... | |
 | 1860 - 64 Seiten
...stating that it is then only that they become dramatic and entertaining. In another place he says, " Since the author of ' Tom Jones' was buried, no -writer...of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a man. We must drape him, and give him a certain conventional simper." A better reason... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 522 Seiten
...cannot show as they are, with the notorious foibles and selfishness of their lives and their education. Since the author of Tom Jones was buried, no writer...of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN. We must drape him, and give him a certain conventional simper. Society will... | |
 | 1877 - 814 Seiten
...is a reproduction of the fifth edition, the last published in the author's life-time. Mr. Roscoe's Memoir has been revised for this edition, and it is...sundry details which have hitherto been overlooked. 5. SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC ART. The History and Character of Shakespeare's Plays. By Dr. HRKMANN Uuuci.... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1879 - 224 Seiten
...those we cannot show as they are with the notorious selfishness of their time and their education. Since the author of Tom Jones was buried, no writer...of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN. We must shape him, and give him a certain conventional temper." Then he rebukes... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 456 Seiten
...cannot show as they are, with the notorious foibles and selfishness of their lives and their education. Since the author of Tom Jones was buried, no writer...of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN. We must drape him, and give him a certain conventional simper. Society will... | |
 | 1880 - 1090 Seiten
...Novel is a reproduction of the <jth edition, the last published in the Author's lifetime. Mr. Roscoe's Memoir has been revised for this edition, and, it...which have hitherto been overlooked. HISTORY OF TOM JOXES, A FOUNDLING. Roscoe's Edition, with George Cruikshank's Illustrations. 2 vols. NS ' Since the... | |
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Since the author of Tom Jones was buried, no writer of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN. 
