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Thomas Seccombe. CHAPTER VII . THE GREAT NOVELISTS Samuel Richardson — Henry Fielding — Tobias Smollett- Laurence Sterne . CHAPTER VIII . MINOR NOVELISTS PAGE · 153 Fanny Burney - Henry Brooke - Henry Mackenzie- Clara Reeve - Mrs ...
Thomas Seccombe. CHAPTER VII . THE GREAT NOVELISTS Samuel Richardson — Henry Fielding — Tobias Smollett- Laurence Sterne . CHAPTER VIII . MINOR NOVELISTS PAGE · 153 Fanny Burney - Henry Brooke - Henry Mackenzie- Clara Reeve - Mrs ...
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... Fielding dull , and Cowper brutal , and Uncle Toby unprin- cipled ; but if Sheridan and dullness are convertible terms , we may reasonably expect to hear that Shakespeare is shallow , Milton no scholar , Hume obtuse , Tennyson coarse ...
... Fielding dull , and Cowper brutal , and Uncle Toby unprin- cipled ; but if Sheridan and dullness are convertible terms , we may reasonably expect to hear that Shakespeare is shallow , Milton no scholar , Hume obtuse , Tennyson coarse ...
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... Fielding and Smollett , by Hogarth and Rowlandson ; and it is certainly true that there lingered on until the close of the century but too many features of a semi - barbarous past . The English were always regarded as an inartistic race ...
... Fielding and Smollett , by Hogarth and Rowlandson ; and it is certainly true that there lingered on until the close of the century but too many features of a semi - barbarous past . The English were always regarded as an inartistic race ...
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... Fielding and of Hume and of Horace Walpole ( who compared Dante with a Methodist parson in Bedlam ) , was also the age of the Wesleys , of the revival of mysticism and spirituality in religion , of the most exquisite devotional hymns ...
... Fielding and of Hume and of Horace Walpole ( who compared Dante with a Methodist parson in Bedlam ) , was also the age of the Wesleys , of the revival of mysticism and spirituality in religion , of the most exquisite devotional hymns ...
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... Fielding he would not touch for fear of being defiled ; Sterne he read , but only on a journey , ' and then apparently with shame . Gray was too fine for him , and Churchill too coarse ; Warton too romantic , and Foote too pedestrian ...
... Fielding he would not touch for fear of being defiled ; Sterne he read , but only on a journey , ' and then apparently with shame . Gray was too fine for him , and Churchill too coarse ; Warton too romantic , and Foote too pedestrian ...
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Page 9 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 130 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 300 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a
Page 262 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th
Page 130 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 215 - Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a...
Page 240 - TO fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Page 238 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 283 - The greenwood path to meet her brother: They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought him all the Forest thorough; They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow!
Page 196 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out.