Patronage, Volumen1J. Johnson and Company, 1814 - 12 páginas Edgeworth's novel portrays the British class system and the different ways in which men and women make their way in the world. It is not only a comedy of manners but also a meditation on the concept of "patronage", both financial and sexual. The plot revolves around two families--the Percys and the Falconers--whose fortunes mirror and contrast each other. The Falconers accept patronage from Lord Oldborough but by the end of the book it is the Percys who are perceived as possessing the greater moral worth and wealth by the success of their own efforts. |
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... character is , because I speak my thoughts just as they rise in my mind , while persons , who have a character for judgment to sup- port , always PATRONAGE . 15.
... character is , because I speak my thoughts just as they rise in my mind , while persons , who have a character for judgment to sup- port , always PATRONAGE . 15.
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Maria Edgeworth. have a character for judgment to sup- port , always keep the changes of their opinion snug to themselves , never show- ing the items of the account on either side , and let you see nothing but their balance . This is ...
Maria Edgeworth. have a character for judgment to sup- port , always keep the changes of their opinion snug to themselves , never show- ing the items of the account on either side , and let you see nothing but their balance . This is ...
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... character . She had , perhaps , less of what the French call esprit , than M. de Tourville had been accustomed to meet with in young persons on the Continent , but he was the more surprised by the strength and justness of thought which ...
... character . She had , perhaps , less of what the French call esprit , than M. de Tourville had been accustomed to meet with in young persons on the Continent , but he was the more surprised by the strength and justness of thought which ...
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... character , evinced by these imprudences - he only lamented that certain qualities should expose their possessor to the censure and ridicule of those , who were , like half the world , incapable of being moved by any motive but interest ...
... character , evinced by these imprudences - he only lamented that certain qualities should expose their possessor to the censure and ridicule of those , who were , like half the world , incapable of being moved by any motive but interest ...
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Maria Edgeworth. felt , for the duplicity and pitiful mean- ness of a character , which was always endeavouring to seem , instead of to be ... character , he VOL . I. C talked grandly of politics and diplo- macy . Rosamond , PATRONAGE . 25.
Maria Edgeworth. felt , for the duplicity and pitiful mean- ness of a character , which was always endeavouring to seem , instead of to be ... character , he VOL . I. C talked grandly of politics and diplo- macy . Rosamond , PATRONAGE . 25.
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