 | Tobias Smollett - 1774 - 312 pages
...neither the reader has time to pity him, nor himfelf to be acquainted with affli&ion. This condudt, in my opinion, not only deviates from probability,...generous indignation which ought to animate the reader, againii the fordid and vicious difpofhion of the world. I have attempted to reprefent modeft merit... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Adventure stories, English - 1780 - 580 pages
...neither the reader bas time to pity him, nor himfelf to be acquainted with affliction. This conduft, in my opinion, not only deviates from probability,...generous indignation which ought to animate the reader, againfl the fordid and vicious difpofition of the world. I have attempted to reprefent modefl merit... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 590 pages
...neither the reader has time to pity him, nor himfelf to be acquainted with, aiflidtion. This condufit, in my opinion, not only deviates from probability,...generous indignation which ought to animate the reader againft the fordid and vicious difpofition of the world. I have attempted to reprefent modelt merit... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1848 - 1048 pages
...peculiar to the country in which the scene is laid. The diugracea of Gil Bias are, for the most part, such as rather excite mirth than compassion : he himself...transitions from distress to happiness, or at least case, are so sudden, that neither the reader has time to pity him, nor himself to be acquainted with... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 712 pages
...tout. Les femmes enfoncent 1. The disgraces of Gil Blas are for the most part such as rather excit mirth than compassion. He himself laughs at them,...least, ease, are so sudden that neither the reader bas time to pity him, nor himself to be acquainted with affliction. This conduct.... prevents that... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 696 pages
...Blas are for the most part such as rathér excit mirth than compassion. He himself laughs at thém, and his transitions from distress to happiness or, at least , ease, are so sudden that neithér the reader has time to pity him, nor himself to be acquainted with affliction. This conduct....... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 500 pages
...Blas are for the most part such as rather excite mirth than compassion; He himself laughs at them, ahd his transitions from distress to happiness or, at least, ease, are so sudfleti coups de poing qui pleuvent, mais aussi les coups de couteau, d'épée, de pistolet. Dans... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1870 - 668 pages
...to the country in •which the scene is laid. The disgraces of Gil Bias are, for the most part, such as rather excite mirth than compassion : he himself...from distress to happiness, or at least ease, are so sudden/.that neither the reader has time to pity him, nor himself to \ PREFACE. \>e acquainted with... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1870 - 666 pages
...peculiar to the country in which the scene is laid. The disgraces of Gil Bias are, for the most part, such as rather excite mirth than compassion : he himself...from distress to happiness, or at least ease, are so sudden/.that neither the reader has time to pity him, nor himself te be acquainted with affliction.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...jesting with the mishaps of his hero. He says : ' The disgraces of Gil Bias are, for the most part, such as rather excite mirth than compassion : he himself...himself to be acquainted with affliction. This conduct. . . prevents that generous indignation which ought to animate the reader Lfainst the sordid and vicious... | |
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The disgraces of Gil Bias are, for the most part, such as rather excite mirth than compassion ; he himself laughs at them ; and his transitions from distress to happiness, or at least ease, are so sudden, that neither the reader has time to pity him,... 
