The history of the life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the greatJenson Society, 1907 |
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The history of the life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great Henry Fielding Visualização integral - 1893 |
The history of the life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the great Henry Fielding Visualização integral - 1905 |
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acquainted affront answered apprehension assure Bagshot beaus began begged Blueskin booty called cant language captain cerned CHAPTER comfort count countenance desired doth employ hands endeavour execute eyes favour Fireblood fortune Friendly friendship gang gentleman give greatly half a rogue happiness hath Heart free Heartfree HEARTFREE'S Henry Fielding hero honour human husband imagined immediately injury jewels Jonathan Wild justice justice of peace kind labour lament Langfanger least leave liberty likewise lover mankind manner means mind misfortunes Miss Letty Miss Straddle murder nature ness never Newgate noble obliged occasion Old Bailey passion perceived perhaps person pleasure pocket present prig procure promised reader received resolution resolved robbed robbery scheme seemed shew Snap Snap's soon sooner suffer sure surprize suspicion Theodosia thou thought tion told toy-man truth utmost violent vulgar whole wife Wild's wise woman words young lady
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Página 286 - That virtues, like precious stones, were easily counterfeited ; that the counterfeits in both cases adorned the wearer equally, and that very few had knowledge or discernment sufficient to distinguish the counterfeit jewel from the real. 13. That many men were undone by not going deep enough in roguery ; as in gaming any man may be a loser who does not play the whole game.
Página 94 - ... pleasures, at the price of labour and hardship, and at the hazard of all that fortune hath liberally given them, could send them at the head of a multitude of prigs called an army, to molest their neighbours : to introduce rape, rapine, bloodshed, and every kind of misery among their own species...
Página 22 - I had rather stand on the summit of a dunghill than at the bottom of a hill in Paradise.
Página 166 - I am rather sorry that so pretty a young man should be employed in such an errand." She accompanied these words with so tender an accent and so wanton a leer, that Fireblood, who was no backward youth, began to take her by the hand, and proceeded so warmly, that, to imitate his actions with the rapidity of our narration, he in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.
Página 187 - ... say and do. To say the truth, a puppet-show will illustrate our meaning better, where it is the master of the show (the great man) who dances and moves everything, whether it be the king of Muscovy or whatever other potentate alias puppet which we behold on the stage ; but he himself keeps wisely out of sight, for, should he once appear, the whole motion would be at an end.
Página 3 - Ithe ideas of greatness and goodness ; whereas no two things can possibly be more distinct from each other, for greatness consists in bringing all manner of mischief on mankind, and goodness in removing it from : them.
Página 281 - But, though envy was, through fear, obliged to join the general voice in applause on this occasion, there were not wanting some who maligned this completion of glory, which was now about to be fulfilled to our hero, and endeavoured to prevent it by knocking him on the head as he stood under the tree, while the ordinary was performing his last office. They therefore began to batter the cart with stones, brickbats, dirt, and all manner of mischievous weapons...
Página 188 - ... yet, if thou hast any penetration, thou must have had some occasions to admire both the solemnity of countenance in the actor, and the gravity in the spectator, while some of those farces are carried on, which are acted almost daily in every village in the kingdom. He must have a very despicable opinion of mankind indeed, who can conceive them to be imposed on as often as they appear to be so. The truth is, they are in the same situation with the...
Página 67 - Mankind are first properly to be considered under two ' grand divisions, those that use their own hands, and ' those who employ the hands of others.
Página 285 - To know no distinction of men from affection ; but to sacrifice all with equal readiness to his interest. 3. Never to communicate more of an affair than was necessary to the person who was to execute it. 4. Not to trust him who hath deceived you, nor who knows he hath been deceived by you. 5. To forgive no enemy; but to be cautious and often dilatory in revenge. 6. To shun poverty and distress, and to ally himself as close as possible to power and riches.