 We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues, and your honest men like honest men ; don't let us have any juggling and thimblerigging with virtue and vice, so that, at the end of three volumes, the bewildered reader shall not know which is which...  Hours at Home - Pagina 991870Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1864 - 564 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
 | 1864 - 572 pagine
...their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We pay, let your rogues in novels act like rogues, and your...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
 | 1864 - 650 pagine
...liberal publisher for n sériée of works in the Fame style, to be three volumes, the bewildered Tender shall not know which is which ; don't let us find...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own pnrt, we called " Tales of the Old Bailey, or Romancea I know what the public likes, and have... | |
 | 1864 - 560 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...like honest men ; don't let us have any juggling and thimblcrigging with virtue and vice, so that, at the end of three volumes, the bewildered reader shall... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 448 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 466 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 454 pagine
...popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues, and yonr honest men like honest men ; don't let us have any...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 512 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 574 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...like honest men ; don't let us have any juggling and thimblcrigging with virtue and vice, so that, at the end of three volumes, the bewildered reader shall... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 712 pagine
...making their rascals perform virtuous actions. Against these popular plans we here solemnly appeal. We say, let your rogues in novels act like rogues,...sympathizing with the rascalities of noble hearts. For our own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken... | |
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