| Thomas Seccombe - 1902 - 506 Seiten
...ADAMS. With Thomas Roscoe's Biography and George Cruikshank's Illustrations. Small post 8vo. 3s. M. HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING. Roscoe's Edition, with George Cruikshank's Illustrations. 2 vols. Small post 8vo. 7*. AMELIA. Roscoe's Edition revised. With 8 Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Small... | |
| 1902 - 534 Seiten
...should quote from the preface to " Pendennis " the well-known remark about Fielding, that since he was buried " no writer of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a man," changing the form to read that " no one since Fielding has dared to paint... | |
| Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Lewis Melville, Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1903 - 54 Seiten
...FROM PUtfCH : AUTHORS' MISERIES, No. 6 THE CHARACTERS AND PLACES OF THACKERAY'S BOOKS SINCE tictio the author of ' Tom Jones ' was buried, no writer of fiction among us has been permitted to depiet to the utmost of his power a MAN. We must drape him and give him a certain conventional simper.... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1903 - 900 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 ns has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a MAX. We must drape him, and give him a certain... | |
| Ernest Alfred Vizetelly - 1904 - 632 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... | |
| Ernest Alfred Vizetelly - 1904 - 636 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... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 728 Seiten
...reverend father!" said the knight, with an air of the utmost surprise. SCOTT, Mon., Ch. XXVII, 292. 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. TROL. , Thack., Ch. IV, 108. uttermost, i. Is he not yonder in those uttermost... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 724 Seiten
...courtliness, and the desire of fame,! And love of truth, and all that makes a man. TEN., Guin., 480Since the author of "Tom Jones" was buried, no writer of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a Man. THACK., Pend. , Pref. (The author has man printed in capitals.) Note. Also... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1905 - 492 Seiten
...evidences of these things are at hand. In the preface to Pendcnnis, Thackeray put his purpose very plainly. "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... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1908 - 504 Seiten
...Thomas Roscoe for his well-known edition of Fielding's works ; but it may be hoped that it has been improved by the omission of some irrelevant matter,...sundry details which have hitherto been overlooked. CONTENTS. LIFE AND WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING . . . . i PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 BOOK I. -CHAPTER... | |
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