I am, indeed, set over them for their own good only, and was created for their use, and not they for mine. Nor do I doubt, while I make their interest the great rule of my writings, they will unanimously concur in supporting my dignity, and in rendering... The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Página 60por Henry Fielding - 1820 - 299 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Fielding - 1905 - 314 páginas
...principally regard their ease and advantage in all such institutions : for I do not, like a jure divino tyrant, imagine that they are my slaves or my commodity....their use, and not they for mine. Nor do I doubt, 15 while I make their interest the great rule of my writings, they will unanimously concur in supporting... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1906 - 472 páginas
...principally regard their ease and advantage in all such institutions : for I do not, like a jure divino tyrant, imagine that they are my slaves, or my commodity....use, and not they for mine. Nor do I doubt, while 41 I make their interest the great rule of my writings, they will unanimously concur in supporting... | |
| Henry Fielding - 1992 - 770 páginas
...principally regard their ease and advantage in all such institutions; for I do not, like a jure divino2* tyrant, imagine that they are my slaves or my commodity....doubt, while I make their interest the great rule of my writing, they will unanimously concur in supporting my dignity, and in rendering me all the honour... | |
| Leith Davis - 1998 - 240 páginas
...us that he does not practice a jure divino type of tyranny, but rather has been set over the readers "for their own Good only, and was created for their Use, and not they for mine" (1: 78). However, his attitude suggests otherwise. The narrator asserts his authority often in the... | |
| Werner Huber, Martin Middeke, Hubert Zapf - 2005 - 284 páginas
...principally regard their ease and advantage in all such institutions; for I do not, like a jure divino tyrant, imagine that they are my slaves or my commodity....only, and was created for their use and not they for 40 mine. Fielding's narrator here seems to enter a form of dialogue with Swift's hack as he tries to... | |
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