 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 686 pages
...profligate memoirs of lady Vane. It is only wonderful that after this lie could" flatter himself that he had expunged every adventure, phrase, and insinuation, that could be construed, by the most delicate readers, into a trespass и|юп the rules of decorum." In this work, as in Roderick Random, he indulged... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1811 - 494 pages
...heighten ; and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase, and insinuation, fhat could be construed by the most delicate reader into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. Vol. II. b He owns, with contrition, that, in one or two instances, lie gave way too much to the suggestions... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 518 pages
...memoirs of lady Vane. It is only wonderful, that after this he could " flatter himself that he had expunged every adventure, phrase, and insinuation that could be construed by the most .delicate readers into a trespass upon the rules of decorum." In this work, as in " Roderick Random," he indulged... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 522 pages
...memoirs of lady Vane. It is only wonderful, that after this he could " flatter himself that he had expunged every adventure, phrase, and insinuation that could be construed by the most delicate readers into a trespass upon the rules of decorum." In this work, as in " Roderick Random," he indulged... | |
 | Tobias George [novels] Smollett - 1821 - 746 pages
...the T2d year of her life. xii PEEFATORY MEMOIR. has endeavoured to heighten ; and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase, and...reader into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. " He owns with contrition, that, in one or two instances, he gave way too much to the suggestions of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 260 pages
...are wholly suppressed ; some humorous scenes he has endeavoured to heighten ; and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase, and...reader, into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. " He owns with contrition, that in one or two instances he gave way too much to the suggestions of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 pages
...are wholly suppressed ; some humorous scenes he has endeavoured to heighten ; and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase, and...reader into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. " He owns with contrition, that, in one or two instances, In- gave way too much to the suggestions... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...are wholly suppressed ; some humorous scenes he has endeavoured to heighten ; and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase, and...reader into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. " He owns with contrition, that, in one or two instances, he gave way too much to the suggestions of... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 554 pages
...are wholly suppressed; some humorous scenes he has endeavoured to heighten; and he flatters himself t we were for npon the rules of decorum. " He owns with contrition, that in one or two instances he gave way too... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...are wholly suppressed ; some humorous scenes he has endeavoured to heighten ; and he flatters himself that he has expunged every adventure, phrase, and...reader into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. "He owns with contrition, that, in one or two instances, he gave way too much to the suggestions of... | |
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... expunged every adventure, phrase, and insinuation, that could be construed, by the most delicate reader, into a trespass upon the rules of decorum. 
