 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 Seiten
...similitude of manners in high and low life, that it is dillicult to determine whether (in the fashionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen.'7 Wherein, for example, is Peachum different from a great minister ? Like him, he is a leader... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 Seiten
...in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable vices) the tine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen.'7 Wherein, for example, is Peachum different from a great minister ? Like him, he is a leader... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 Seiten
...highwaymen and pickpockets. " It fc difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, " whether the fin; gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." And now that the " fine gentlemen n» represented by hoary jobbers such as Newcastle, the public conton?... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 Seiten
...of highwaymen and pickpockets. " It is difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." And now that the " fine gentlemen " were represented by hoary jobbers such as Newcastle, the public... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 472 Seiten
...similitude of manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen."2 ^ Wherein, for example, is Peachum different from a great minister ? Like him, he is a... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1877 - 920 Seiten
...of highwaymen and pickpockets. * It is difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." And now that the " fine gentlemen " were represented by hoary jobbers such as Newcastle, the public... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 Seiten
...Polly,' under the guise of highwaymen and pickpockets. "It is difficult to determine," he said, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." The " fine gentlemen " were now represented by Newcastle and his myrmidons, and the public scorn was... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 Seiten
...Polly,' under the guise of highwaymen and pickpockets. "It is difficult to determine," he said, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." The " fine gentlemen " were now represented by Newcastle and his myrmidons, and the public scorn was... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - 356 Seiten
...similitude of manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." The lower classes of society were as ignorant and brutal as the higher were coarse and corrupt. Among... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1882 - 504 Seiten
...of highwaymen and pickpockets. "It is difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, "whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." Much of this virulence sprang, no doubt, from a real contempt of the selfishness and corruption which... | |
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Through the whole Piece you may observe such a similitude of Manners in high and low Life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable Vices) the fine Gentlemen imitate the Gentlemen of the Road, or the Gentlemen of the Road the fine... 
