 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 480 pages
...shouldst have resided all thy days in those remote parts of this island, which great men seldom visit j yet, if thou hast any penetration, thou must have...truth is, they are in the same situation with the raaders of Romances ; who, though thej know the whole to be one entire fiction, nevertheless agree... | |
 | Albany Fonblanque - Great Britain - 1837 - 408 pages
...people's eyes and mouths, though it may never reach their convictions. Fielding profoundly observes, " He must have a very " despicable opinion of mankind,...as often as they " appear to be so. The truth is, that they are in " the same situation with the readers of romance, " who, though they know the whole... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 330 pages
...occasions to admire both the solemnity of countenance in the actor and the gravity in the spectator, X while some of those farces are carried on which are...they are in the same situation with the readers of rbmances ; who, though they know the whole to be one entire fiction, nevertheless agree to be deceived... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - Philology, Modern - 1913 - 818 pages
...of very little Knowledge in this World, to imagine thou hast never seen some of these Puppet-Shews, which are so frequently acted on the GREAT Stage;...acted almost daily in every Village in the Kingdom. ..." In the last paragraphs of the Champion essay of May 3, 1740, after a fling at " the blackest and... | |
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... 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... 