The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: The history of the life of the late Mr.Jonathan Wild and A journey from this world to the next, &csubscribers only, 1902 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquainted afterwards answered appeared assured attended Bagshot beauty began begged Blueskin booty called cant language captain CHAPTER character Charles the Simple CHIG count countenance court cried danger death desire doth Elysium endeavor Eutropius execution eyes father Fireblood fool fortune gang gave gentleman give greatest greatly hands happiness hath Heartfree hero honor hope husband imagined immediately jewels Jonathan Jonathan Wild Julian Julian the apostate kind king knew lady Lætitia Langfanger latter least likewise manner means men of honor MICHI MICHI UNIV mind Minos misfortune Miss Letty nature never Newgate noble obliged occasion opinion passion perceived perhaps person pleasure pocket present Priapus prig procure promised reader reason received robbed RSITY seemed Snap soon spirit suffered sufficient surprise Theodosia thou thought tion told took truth UNIV utmost violent whole wife Wild's wise woman word young
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Página 67 - Why then should any man wish to be a prig, or where is his greatness? I answer, in his mind: 'tis the inward glory, the secret consciousness of doing great and wonderful actions, which can alone support the truly GREAT man, whether he be a CONQUEROR, a TYRANT, a STATESMAN, or a PRIG.
Página 205 - Indeed, while greatness consists in power, pride, insolence, and doing mischief to mankind — to speak out — while a great man and a great rogue are synonymous terms, so long shall Wild stand unrivalled on the pinnacle of GREATNESS.
Página 200 - 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 132 - ... world, to imagine thou hast never seen some of these puppet-shows which are so frequently acted on the great stage ; but though thou shouldst have resided all thy days in those remote parts of this island which great men seldom visit, 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....