The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild: And A Journey from this World to the Next, EtcHarper, 1902 - 343 páginas |
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Outras edições - Ver tudo
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great: And A ... Henry Fielding Visualização integral - 1890 |
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great: And A ... Henry Fielding Visualização integral - 1905 |
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great: And: A ... Henry Fielding Visualização integral - 1890 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquainted Æneid afterwards answered appeared apprehend assure Bagshot began begged Blueskin booty called cant language captain CHAPTER character comfort count countenance cried danger death desire doth Elysium endeavor execution eyes father fellow Fireblood fortune Friendly friendship gang gave gentleman give greatly half a rogue hands happiness hath heart Heartfree Heartfree's Henry Fielding hero honor hope husband imagined immediately innocent jewels Jonathan Wild justice kind king Lætitia lament Langfanger least liberty likewise manner married means men of honor mind Minos misfortune Miss Miss Letty nature never Newgate noble obliged occasion Old Bailey passion perceived perhaps person pleasure pocket present Priapus prig procure promised reader reason received resolved robbed seemed Snap soon sooner spirit suffered sure surprise tender Theodosia thou thought tion told truth Tyburn utmost violent whole wife Wild's wise woman word young lady
Passagens conhecidas
Página 47 - LESS. 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. The former are the base and rabble; the latter, the genteel part of the creation.
Página 198 - We must not, however, omit one circumstance, as it serves to shew the most admirable conservation of character in our hero to his last moment, which was, that, whilst the ordinary was busy in his ejaculations, Wild, in the midst of the shower of stones, &c., which played upon him, applied his hands to the parson's pocket, and emptied it of his bottle-screw, which he carried out of the world in his hand.
Página 198 - 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 130 - ... 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.