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... Tom Jones , then , reveals Amelia as a falling off in what we think of as Fielding's characteristic genius . But the comparison is unjust , for he was attempting something quite different . Amelia is not the peregrinatory novel that Tom ...
... Tom Jones , then , reveals Amelia as a falling off in what we think of as Fielding's characteristic genius . But the comparison is unjust , for he was attempting something quite different . Amelia is not the peregrinatory novel that Tom ...
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... Tom Jones grown older and sadder . But he is a Jones who has gained nothing in will power , who , adoring his wife , can yet be- tray her when he is absent from her , who promises time and again not to gamble and yet is constantly ...
... Tom Jones grown older and sadder . But he is a Jones who has gained nothing in will power , who , adoring his wife , can yet be- tray her when he is absent from her , who promises time and again not to gamble and yet is constantly ...
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... Tom Jones was buried , no writer of fiction among us has been per- mitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN . We must drape him , and give him a certain conventional simper . ... You will not hear - it is best to know it - what moves ...
... Tom Jones was buried , no writer of fiction among us has been per- mitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN . We must drape him , and give him a certain conventional simper . ... You will not hear - it is best to know it - what moves ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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