The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - Fiction |
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... less magnificent monastery . A number of poor will subsist by the work , and they , being now obliged to labour the ground for their subsistence , will be- come more humble and better . ' 6 ' I must approve of you in all things , ' said ...
... less magnificent monastery . A number of poor will subsist by the work , and they , being now obliged to labour the ground for their subsistence , will be- come more humble and better . ' 6 ' I must approve of you in all things , ' said ...
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... less to the want of skill in the author than to the difficulties of his task . For example , one is somewhat surprised at the wickedness of different characters who present themselves to Christian after the journey is almost terminated ...
... less to the want of skill in the author than to the difficulties of his task . For example , one is somewhat surprised at the wickedness of different characters who present themselves to Christian after the journey is almost terminated ...
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... less , a propensity to sa tire and ridicule . This tendency has its origin in self - love , which naturally leads us to indulge in a belief of our own superiority over the rest of our species . It is in satire and ridicule that this ...
... less , a propensity to sa tire and ridicule . This tendency has its origin in self - love , which naturally leads us to indulge in a belief of our own superiority over the rest of our species . It is in satire and ridicule that this ...
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... less reluctance than could have been ex- pected , but stipulated that he should be allow- ed to chuse the tree on which he was to expiate his offences . He was accordingly sent forth , es- corted by the officers of justice and the ...
... less reluctance than could have been ex- pected , but stipulated that he should be allow- ed to chuse the tree on which he was to expiate his offences . He was accordingly sent forth , es- corted by the officers of justice and the ...
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... less heroic , than the death of Mariamne , and the despair of the Jewish monarch . After this affray there follows an amusing ac- This was the play of Marianne , by Tristan L'Hermite . Mondori died in consequence of the violence with ...
... less heroic , than the death of Mariamne , and the despair of the Jewish monarch . After this affray there follows an amusing ac- This was the play of Marianne , by Tristan L'Hermite . Mondori died in consequence of the violence with ...
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Page 60 - PAGAN has been dead many a day ; and as for the other, though he be yet alive, he is, by reason of age, and also of the many shrewd brushes that he met with in his younger days, grown so crazy and stiff in his joints, that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them.
Page 56 - As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den,* and laid me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back, Isa.
Page 381 - The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it — add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening, I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph.
Page 380 - I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour.
Page 61 - There were also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them; the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the City rang again for joy; and that it was said unto them, Enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Page 61 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Page 61 - Now, just as the gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and, behold, the City shone like the sun; the streets also were paved with gold, and in them walked many men, with crowns on their heads, palms in their hands, and golden harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
Page 375 - Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.
Page 381 - THE following work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England.