 | Henry Fielding - 1845 - 578 pàgines
...threatened the liberty of the Old and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. had so Austria."—Gibbon'i Miscellaneous WorTa. Besides one brother, Edmund, who became an officer of marines,... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 838 pàgines
...disdain their brcthren in England, but the romance of Tum Jones • that exquisite picture of humour and manners — will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of Austria." T Tom Junes has bcen translated into most, if not all, the languages of Europe. Curiously... | |
 | 1848 - 594 pàgines
...of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who draw * their origin from the Counts of Habsburg. The successors of 'Charles the Fifth may disdain their...'manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the irape' rial eagle of the House of Austria.' Byron had noble opportunities ; but he was prouder of BrummeH's... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1848 - 1048 pàgines
...upon excellent paper, and sold at the extremely moderate price of 16s. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England, but the romance...palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of Austria. GIBBON. Johnson appears to have been particularly pleased with the character of the heroine... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 pàgines
...threatened the liberty of the Old and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...the palace of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of Austria." This confident prophecy seems in the present year to be in the course of fulfilment. Fielding... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pàgines
...threatened the liberty of the Old, and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...the palace of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of Austria." The field of prose fiction, so vigorously and productively cropped by Defoe, Richardson,... | |
 | 1914 - 668 pàgines
...Hapsburg. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance ol ' Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners,...the palace of the Escurial and the Imperial Eagle of Austria." Now if anything that is future and uncertain can yet be deemed imminent and certain, we may... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pàgines
...upon excellent paper, and sold at the extremely moderate price of 16s. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their ( brethren of England, but the romance...outlive the palace of the Escurial and the imperial cngle of Austria. GIBBON. The cultivated genius of Fielding entitles him to a high rank among the classics.... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1851 - 412 pàgines
...threatened the liberty of the Old and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance...the palace of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of Austria." This confident prophecy seems in the present year to be in the course of fulfilment. Fielding... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pàgines
...Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Hapsburgh. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England : but the romance...the palace of the Escurial and the Imperial Eagle of Austria." There can be no gainsaying the sentence of this great judge. To have your name mentioned... | |
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picture of human manners, will outlive the 'Palace of the Escurial, and the imperial ' eagle of the House of Austria. 
