Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

The Adventures of David Simple

London

Printed for A. Millar

1744, 1753

"The great Agitations of her Mind, between her Endeavours to conquer her Passion, and the continual Fright she was in, lest by any Accident she should discover it, threw her into that lingering Illness which I have before mentioned."

The Tenderness he expressed for his Mother, his justifying his Father, notwithstanding all he suffered by his Conduct, with his sincere Friendship for the Marquis her Husband, worked so strongly on her Imagination, that she thought giving way to the highest Esteem for him would be the greatest Proof imaginable of her Virtue: but it was not long before she was undeceived, for she found her Inclination for the Chevalier was built rather on what we call Taste, (because we want a Word to express it by) than any Approbation of his Conduct. The great Agitations of her Mind, between her Endeavours to conquer her Passion, and the continual Fright she was in, lest by any Accident she should discover it, threw her into that lingering Illness which I have before mentioned.

War::Conquest::Conquer Passion

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At least 15 entries in ESTC (1740, 1744, 1753, 1758, 1761, 1772, 1775, 1782, 1788, 1792). [Note, Volume the Last published in 1753.]

The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady, 2 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1744) <Link to ECCO>

09/23/2004