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" successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their ' brethren of England, but the romance of Tom Jones, ' that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive ' the Palace of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of 'the House of Austria. "
The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett: With Memoir of the Author - Page vi
by Tobias Smollett - 1848
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...$cc 538. old. old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance...palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria. That these sentiments are just, or at least natural, I am the more inclined to...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria. That these sentiments are just, or at least natural, I am the more inclined to...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria. That these sentiments are just, or at least natural, I am the more inclined to...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria. That these sentiments are just, or at least natural, I am the more inclined to...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon: With Selections from His Correspondence and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Literature - 1840 - 382 pages
...liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will oulive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria. That these sentiments...
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The life of Edward Gibbon [by himself] with selections from his ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...liberty of the old, and invaded the treasures of the new world. The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but the romance...Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will oulive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria. That these sentiments...
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The works of Henry Fielding, with memoir of the author, by T. Roscoe

Henry Fielding - 1845 - 578 pages
...kings of Spain, have threatened the liberty of the Old and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren...palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of Austria."—Gibbon'i Miscellaneous WorTa. Besides one brother, Edmund, who became an officer of marines,...
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Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and ..., Volumes 4-5

Anna Maria Hall - 838 pages
...disdain their brcthren in England, but the romance of Tum Jones • that exquisite picture of humour and manners — will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the imperial eagle of Austria." T Tom Junes has bcen translated into most, if not all, the languages of Europe. Curiously * Coleridge's...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 88

1848 - 662 pages
...Denbigh, who draw ' their origin from the Counts of Habsburg. The successors of ' Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England ; but ' the...manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial, and the impe' rial eagle of the House of Austria.' Byron had noble opportunities ; but he was prouder of Brummell's...
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Outlines of English literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...Kings of Spain, have threatened the liberty of the Old, and invaded the treasures of the New World. The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren...of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of Austria." The field of prose fiction, so vigorously and productively cropped by Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding,...
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