 The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England: but the romance of ' Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial and the Imperial Eagle of Austria.  Notes and Queries - Стр. 2091914Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - Страниц: 334
...his art ; and Gibbon demonstrated his literary sagacity by the following eloquent eulogium : — " Our immortal Fielding was of the younger branch of...Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Hapsburgh, the lineal descendants of Eltrico, in the seventh century Dukes of Alsace. Far different... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1877 - Страниц: 238
...familie Of which I meanest boast myself to be." SPENSER, Colin Clout, etc., V. 538. of their coronet. Our immortal Fielding was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who draw their origin from the Counts of Habsburg, the lineal descendants of Eltrico, in the seventh century... | |
 | Edward Talbot D. Foxcroft - 1876 - Страниц: 100
...novelists. Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury, April 2, 1707. Gibbon says — " Our immortal Fielding was of •' the younger branch...disdain their brethren " of England, but the romance of ' Tom Jones,' that " exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the " Escurial and the imperial... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - Страниц: 482
...but I exhort them to consider the " Fairy Queen " 1 as the most precious jewel of their coronet. * ' Our immortal Fielding was of the younger branch of...Denbigh, -who drew their origin from the Counts of Habsburg, the lineal descendants of Eltrico, in the seventh century, Duke of Alsace. Far different... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 308
...the historian of the Roman Empire, " was of the youngest branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who traced their origin from the Counts of Hapsburg. The successors...disdain their brethren of England, but the romance of ' Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will survive the Palace of the Escurial and... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 308
...the historian of the Roman Empire, " was of the youngest branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who traced their origin from the Counts of Hapsburg. The successors...disdain their brethren of England, but the romance of ' Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will survive the Palace of the Escurial and... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - Страниц: 380
...untrue; and in the midst of sin a clear Christian faith. " Our immortal Fielding," Gibbon wrote, " was of the younger branch of the 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 roraance of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - Страниц: 878
...a towering monument to. the great novelist's memory. '•' Our immortal Fielding," Gibbon writes, " was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Ilapsburgh. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England : but the romance of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - Страниц: 874
...a towering monument to the great novelist's memorj'. " Our immortal Fielding," Gibbon writes, •' was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Ilapsburgh. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England : but the romance of... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - Страниц: 612
...perfect art in the arrangement of his plot and incidents." " Our immortal Fielding," says a third,! " was of the younger branch of the Earls of Denbigh, who drew their origin from the Counts of Hapsburgh. The successors of Charles V. may * Taine. f Chambers. J Gibbon. disdain their brethren of... | |
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