Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, Volume 1The Floating Press, 01/09/2010 - 167 páginas Best known for his novels Tom Jones and Amelia, Henry Fielding was also an intrepid traveler and explorer who used his journeys around the world as fodder for his sprawling, picaresque works of fiction. Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, Volume I collects Fielding's impressions of his trip to Portugal's capital. A must-read for fans of lively travel writing. |
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... mentioned in the public papers; but they were all found on the strictest inquiry, to be false. In this entire freedom from streetrobberies, during the dark months, no man will, I believe, scruple to acknowledge that the winter of 1753 ...
... mentioned in the public papers; but they were all found on the strictest inquiry, to be false. In this entire freedom from streetrobberies, during the dark months, no man will, I believe, scruple to acknowledge that the winter of 1753 ...
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... mentioned; but, lastly, had actually suppressed the evil for a time, and had plainly pointed out the means of suppressing it for ever. This I would myself have undertaken, had my health permitted, at the annual expense of the ...
... mentioned; but, lastly, had actually suppressed the evil for a time, and had plainly pointed out the means of suppressing it for ever. This I would myself have undertaken, had my health permitted, at the annual expense of the ...
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