Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Amelia

London

Printed for A. Millar

1752

"But for my part, I promise you I like her beyond all other Women; and whilst that is the Case, my Boy, if her Mind was as full of Iniquity as Pandora's Box was of Diseases, I'd hug her close in my Arms, and only take as much Care as possible to keep the Lid down for fear of Mischief."

I do believe you,' said the Colonel, 'and yet let me tell you, you are a very extraordinary Man, not to desire me to quit her on your own Account. Upon my Soul, I begin to pity the Woman, who hath placed her Affection perhaps on the only Man in England of your Age, who would not return it. But for my part, I promise you I like her beyond all other Women; and whilst that is the Case, my Boy, if her Mind was as full of Iniquity as Pandora's Box was of Diseases, I'd hug her close in my Arms, and only take as much Care as possible to keep the Lid down for fear of Mischief. --But come, dear Booth, ' said he, 'let us consider your Affairs; for I am ashamed of having neglected them so long; and the only Anger I have against this Wench is, that she was the Occasion of it.'
(II.v.10)

Container::Pandora's Box

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13 entries in ESTC (1752, 1762, 1771, 1775, 1777, 1780, 1790, 1793).

See Amelia. By Henry Fielding, 4 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1752). <Link to ECCO>

Reading Henry Fielding, Amelia, ed. David Blewett (London: Penguin Books, 1987).

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