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Excerpt from Man as He Is Not, or Hermsprong
Of these, is democraticaljn its» tendency. It was bed ''at a time when. Sentiments of that nature were prevale''nt''with a! Large class of people, and it was muc''h''jeatl. Has some strength of thought 5 but it is far from being a regularwork, or exhibiting a consistent character. Man as He Is has more of. Story, an more variety of character. Sir George Paradyne, the hero, is a dung man of fortune, with noble and generous fielings and of a philoso''hical but, being Man as he is, he is not a be entirely to resist the temptations of fortune and gav 0 pany, by''which he is drawn for a'' time into a course of dissipation: from this he is rescued by the representations of his tutor and their; ?uence of honourable love; his mistress,'' who a, is a young lady of the most delicate feelings, res, fusing him her hand, though much his interior in fortune, till he is brought to a moressober} way of thinking. The character of Lady Paras-v dyne, his mother, a vain, selfish, fine lady, funnelr 3 of her son, but teasing him with lectures, is drawn with some hu''mour.'' ''but the best sus tained character is that of Miss Carlill, a quaker, itfwhich the author has''exeeedingly wellhit o? this~ acuteness and''presence''ot'' mind, and cool-e tress in argument, by which the society sheia''i supposed to belong to are so much distinguished? In her dialogue with a''higli-church clergymanfi she is''made-=to have as much the better of''the''
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Of these, is democraticaljn its» tendency. It was bed ''at a time when. Sentiments of that nature were prevale''nt''with a! Large class of people, and it was muc''h''jeatl. Has some strength of thought 5 but it is far from being a regularwork, or exhibiting a consistent character. Man as He Is has more of. Story, an more variety of character. Sir George Paradyne, the hero, is a dung man of fortune, with noble and generous fielings and of a philoso''hical but, being Man as he is, he is not a be entirely to resist the temptations of fortune and gav 0 pany, by''which he is drawn for a'' time into a course of dissipation: from this he is rescued by the representations of his tutor and their; ?uence of honourable love; his mistress,'' who a, is a young lady of the most delicate feelings, res, fusing him her hand, though much his interior in fortune, till he is brought to a moressober} way of thinking. The character of Lady Paras-v dyne, his mother, a vain, selfish, fine lady, funnelr 3 of her son, but teasing him with lectures, is drawn with some hu''mour.'' ''but the best sus tained character is that of Miss Carlill, a quaker, itfwhich the author has''exeeedingly wellhit o? this~ acuteness and''presence''ot'' mind, and cool-e tress in argument, by which the society sheia''i supposed to belong to are so much distinguished? In her dialogue with a''higli-church clergymanfi she is''made-=to have as much the better of''the''
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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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Language - English
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Robert Bage
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ISBN - 9780266709480
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 356
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Robert Bage
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ISBN - 9781332909858
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Page Count - 358
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