Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Amelia

London

Printed for A. Millar

1752

"Whereas in the Bosom of Mrs. Ellison all was Storm and Tempest; Anger, Revenge, Fear, and Pride, like so many raging Furies, possessed her Mind, and tortured her with Disappointment and Shame."

Indeed, how much the Superiority of Misery is on the Side of Wickedness, may appear to every Reader who will compare the present Situation of Amelia, with that of Mrs. Ellison. Fortune had attack'd the former with almost the highest Degree of her Malice. She was involved in a Scene of most exquisite Distress; and her Husband, her principal Comfort, torn violently from her Arms; yet her Sorrow, however exquisite, was all soft and tender; nor was she without many Consolations. Her Case, however hard, was not absolutely desperate; for scarce any Condition of Fortune can be so. Art and Industry, Chance and Friends have often relieved the most distrest Circumstances, and converted them into Opulence. In all these she had Hopes on this Side the Grave, and perfect Virtue and Innocence gave her the strongest Assurances on the other. Whereas in the Bosom of Mrs. Ellison all was Storm and Tempest; Anger, Revenge, Fear, and Pride, like so many raging Furies, possessed her Mind, and tortured her with Disappointment and Shame. Loss of Reputation, which is generally irreparable, was to be her Lot; Loss of Friends is of this the certain Consequence; all on this Side the Grave appeared dreary and comfortless; and eternal Misery on the other, closed the gloomy Prospect.

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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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