The History Of The Life Of The Late Mr Jonathan Wild The Great Classic Reprint

Author : Henry Fielding
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Excerpt from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great But befides the two Obvious advantages of furvey in g, as it were in a pieture, the true beauty of virtue, and deformity of_ vice, we may moreover learn from Plutarch, Nepos, Suetonius, and other biographers, this ufeful lern, not too bafiily, nor in the grofs to bellow either our praife or cenfure; huco we {hall Often find fuch a mixture of good and evil in the fame charaeter, that it may require a very accurate judg ment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which lide the balance turns: for tho' we fometimes meet with an Arifiridcs or a Brutus, a Lyfander or a Nero, yet far the greater number are Of the mixt kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Henry Fielding
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The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great, And, Articles in the Champion (Classic Reprint) by Henry Fielding Pdf

Excerpt from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great, And, Articles in the Champion AS it is necessary that all great and surprising events, the designs of which are laid, conducted, and brought to perfection by the utmost force of human invention and art, Should be produced by great and eminent men, so the lives of such may be justly and properly styled the quintessence of history. In these, when delivered to us by sensible writers, we are not only most agreeably entertained, but most usefully instructed; for besides the attaining hence a consummate knowledge of human nature in general; of its secret springs, various windings, and perplexed mazes; we have here before our eyes lively examples of whatever is amiable or detest able, worthy of admiration or abhorrence, and are consequently taught, in a manner infinitely more effectual than by precept, what we are eagerly to imitate or carefully to avoid. But besides the two obvious advantages of surveying, as it were in a picture, the true beauty of virtue and deformity of vice, we may moreover learn from Plutarch, Nepos, Suetonius, and other biographers, this useful lesson, not too hastily, nor in the gross, to bestow either our praise or censure; since we shall Often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judg ment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns: for though we sometimes meet with an Aristides or a Brutus, a Lysander or a Nero, yet far the greater number are of the mixt kind; neither totally good\ 'nor bad: their greatest virtues being obscured and allayed by their Vices, and those again softened and coloured over by their Virtues. Of this kind was the illustrious person whose history we now undertake; to whom, though nature had given the greatest and most shining endowments, She had not given them absolutely pure and Without allay. Though he had much of the admirable in his character, as much perhaps as is usually to be found in a hero, I will not yet venture to affirm that he was entirely free from all defects; or that the sharp eyes of censure could not spy out some little blemishes lurking amongst his many great perfections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Henry Fielding
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The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, and a Journey from This World to the Next, Etc (Classic Reprint) by Henry Fielding Pdf

Excerpt from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, and a Journey From This World to the Next, Etc Chapter III. The birth, parentage, and education of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Henry Fielding
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Excerpt from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great: With the Author's Preface, and an Introduction But in his books and out of them, in his cups, and in the sober senses which brought him the anguish and remorse of a strong mind conscious of its own weaknesses and shortcomings, one seeks in vain for any Henry Fielding but that which bears the mint-mark of an honest man. Not only honest, too, but generous as just, kindly, con siderate, unselfish, full of the sweetness of a noble nature, which the abundant poison of an ignoble age and society could not spoil. He will give any man his purse, says Thackeray he can't help kindness and profusion. He may have low tastes, but not a mean mind. He ad mires with all his heart good and virtuous men, stoops to no attery, bears no rancor, disdains all disloyal arts, does his public duty uprightly, is fondly loved by his family, and dies at his work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author : Henry Fielding
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The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great By Henry Fielding Jonathan Wild, born about 1682 and executed at Tyburn in 1725, was one of the most notorious criminals of his age. His resemblance to the hero in Fielding's satire of the same name is general rather than particular. The real Jonathan (whose legitimate business was that of a buckle-maker) like Fielding's, won his fame, not as a robber himself, but as an informer, and a receiver of stolen goods. His method was to restore these to the owners on receipt of a commission, which was generally pretty large, pretending that he had paid the whole of it to the thieves, whom for disinterested motives he had traced. He was a great organiser, and he controlled various bands of robbers whose lives he did not hesitate to sacrifice, when his own was in danger. Naturally he was so hated by many of his underlings that it is a wonder he was able to maintain his authority over them as many years as he did. His rascality had been notorious a long time before his crimes could actually be proved. He was executed at last according to the statute which made receivers of stolen goods equally guilty with the stealers. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Henry Fielding
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Excerpt from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great: A Sketch of the Life of Henry Fielding General Edmund Fielding, after having fleshed his maiden sword in Flanders, and reddened his first Spurs with battle blood upon the continent, married, at the age of thirty, Sarah Gould, the daughter of an honest and thrifty knight, Sir Henry Gould, of Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury, in Somerset. Sir Henry was one of the judges of the King's Bench, and had a handsome fortune and kept up a good estate. When the young soldier married into his family he also came to live in it in the intervals of his campaigns, and it was in the house of his grandfather that, on April 22, 1707, the novelist, Henry Fielding, saluted with his first baby cry the great world in which he was to play his heroic part. In 1710 Sir Henry Gould died, and his household was broken up. By his will, made in March, 1706, Sir Henry left his daughter which was to be invested in the purchase either of a Church or College lease, or of lands of Inheritance, for her sole use, her husband having nothing to do With it, which would seem to indicate that the wise old knight had a distrust of his military, and possibly impecunious, son-in-law. This money was to come to her children at the death of Mrs. Fielding, and was no unimportant part of the family estate while the good lady was yet alive. Three thousand pounds in those comparatively primitive days meant quite as much as the quadrupled sum means in our waste ful and extravagant time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Men of great Genius as easily discover one another as Free-Masons can. It was therefore no Wonder that the Count soon conceived an Inclination to an Intimacy with our young Hero, whose vast Abilities could not be concealed from one of the Count's Discernment; for though this latter was so expert at his Cards, that he was proverbially said, to play the whole Game, he was no Match for Master Wild, who, inexperienced as he was, notwithstanding all the Art, the Dexterity, and often the Fortune of his Adversary, never failed to send him away from the Table with less in his Pocket than he brought to it; for indeed Langfanger himself could not have extracted a Purse with more Ingenuity than our young Hero.

Author : Henry Fielding
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The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great and A Journey from this World to the Next ... by Henry Fielding Pdf

Author : Henry Fielding
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Author : Henry Fielding
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"History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great" from Henry Fielding. English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowessn (1707-1754).

Author : Henry Fielding
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The History of The Life of The Late Mr. Jonathan Wild by Henry Fielding. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1903 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Author : Henry Fielding,Alfred Trumble
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The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (Esprios Classics) by Henry Fielding Pdf

Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 - 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his earthy humour and satire. His comic novel Tom Jones is still widely appreciated. He and Samuel Richardson are seen as founders of the traditional English novel. He also holds a place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first intermittently funded, full-time police force. The Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 is said to be a direct response to his activities in writing for the theatre. Although the play that triggered the act was the unproduced, anonymously authored The Golden Rump, Fielding's dramatic satires had set the tone.

Author : Henry Fielding,Alfred Trumble
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Author : Henry Fielding
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