The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Volume 2J. Walker; J. Johnson; J. Richardson; ... [and 17 others], 1809 |
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... gloves , and dis- covered what bore an exact resemblance , in cold and colour , to a piece of frozen beef . I wish , madam , ' quoth the latter , your lady . ship would not think of going any farther to - 16 THE HISTORY OF.
... gloves , and dis- covered what bore an exact resemblance , in cold and colour , to a piece of frozen beef . I wish , madam , ' quoth the latter , your lady . ship would not think of going any farther to - 16 THE HISTORY OF.
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... wish therefore I might be so bold as to offer you my advice , which is to return home again , and leave these horrida bella , these bloody wars , to fellows . who are contented to swallow gunpowder , because they have nothing else to ...
... wish therefore I might be so bold as to offer you my advice , which is to return home again , and leave these horrida bella , these bloody wars , to fellows . who are contented to swallow gunpowder , because they have nothing else to ...
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... wish therefore thou wouldst return home . thyself and trouble me no more . ' I ask your honour's pardon , ' cries Partridge , " I spoke on your account more than on my own ; for as to me , Heaven knows my circumstances are bad enough ...
... wish therefore thou wouldst return home . thyself and trouble me no more . ' I ask your honour's pardon , ' cries Partridge , " I spoke on your account more than on my own ; for as to me , Heaven knows my circumstances are bad enough ...
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... wish to sacri- fice it to so paltry a satisfaction as can arise from laughter . This fright and shock , joined to the violent fatigue which both her mind and body had undergone , almost overcame the excellent constitution of So- phia ...
... wish to sacri- fice it to so paltry a satisfaction as can arise from laughter . This fright and shock , joined to the violent fatigue which both her mind and body had undergone , almost overcame the excellent constitution of So- phia ...
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... I be- lieve she rather wished it than feared it : though I might honestly enough have concealed this wish . from the reader , as it was one of those secret spon- taneous emotions of the soul , to which the reason A FOUNDLING . 65.
... I be- lieve she rather wished it than feared it : though I might honestly enough have concealed this wish . from the reader , as it was one of those secret spon- taneous emotions of the soul , to which the reason A FOUNDLING . 65.
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acquainted afraid Allworthy answered Jones arrived assure aunt began behaviour believe better Blifil called cern CHAP Cicero consent cousin Coventry cries Jones cries the squire daughter dear desire doth Dowling eyes father favour fellow Fitzpatrick footman fortune give guinea Gypsy happened happiness hath hear heard heart heartily Heaven highwayman honour hope horses hostler husband imagine justice of peace kind knew Lady Bellaston ladyship landlady landlord likewise lodgings Lord Fellamar lordship madam maid marriage married matter mentioned Miller Miss Western mistress morning Nancy nephew never niece night Nightingale obliged occasion opinion pardon Partridge passion perhaps person phia pleased poor present promise reader received servant sooner Sophia sure tell tender thee thing thou thought tion told town tridge truth uncle Upton violent wife woman women word wretch young gentleman young lady Zounds
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Page 303 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 375 - if you are not afraid of the devil, I can't help it; but to be sure, it is natural to be surprised at such things, though I know there is nothing in them: not that it was the ghost that surprised me, neither; for I should have known that to have been only a man in a strange dress; but when I saw the little man so frightened himself, it was that which took hold of me.
Page 377 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you...
Page 377 - ... manner, and done just as he did. And then, to be sure, in that scene, as you called it, between him and his mother, where you told me he acted so fine, why, Lord help me, any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me ; but indeed, madam, though I was never at a play in London, yet I have seen acting before in the country ; and the king for my money; he speaks all his words distinctly, half as loud again as the other....
Page 374 - As soon as the play, which was Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, began, Partridge was all attention, nor did he break silence till the entrance of the Ghost; upon which he asked Jones what man that was in the strange dress; " something," said he, " like what I have seen in a picture. Sure it is not armour, is it?" Jones answered,
Page 376 - Partridge sat in fearful expectation of this; and now, when the ghost made his next appearance, Partridge cried out, " There, sir, now! what say you now? Is he frightened now, or no? As much frightened as you think me, — and to be sure, nobody can help some fears. I would not be in so bad a condition as what's his name, — Squire Hamlet, — is there, for all the world.
Page 373 - While the fellow was lighting the upper candles he cried out to Mrs. Miller, "Look, look, madam, the very picture of the man in the end of the Common-Prayer Book, before the Gunpowder-Treason service.
Page 374 - And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company ; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Page 445 - As we have, therefore, travelled together through so many pages, let us behave to one another like fellow-travellers in a stage-coach, who have passed several days in the company of each other; and who, notwithstanding any bickerings or little animosities which may have occurred on the road, generally make all up at last, and mount, for the last time, into their vehicle with...
Page 375 - ... noise is that! There he is again. Well, to be certain, though I know there is nothing at all in it, I am glad I am not down yonder, where those men are.