| Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.... | |
| Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Literature - 1840 - 382 pages
...invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will oulive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will oulive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1845 - 578 pages
...and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of' Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of Austria."—Gibbon'i... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1848 - 1048 pages
...sold at the extremely moderate price of 16s. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England, but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of Austria. GIBBON.... | |
| English literature - 1848 - 594 pages
...origin from the Counts of Habsburg. The successors of ' Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but ' the romance of " Tom Jones," that exquisite picture of human ' manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the impe' rial eagle of the House of... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance of ' Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of Austria." The field... | |
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