Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

The Governess; or, Little Female Academy. Being the History of Mrs. Teachum, and Her Nine Girls.

London

Printed for the Author

1749

"Her tender Heart was at that Instant overflowing in soft Tears, caused by a kind Participation of their present Transport, yet mixed with the deep sad Impression of a Grief her Bosom was full fraught with."

When the Company from the Castle joined Benefico, he declared to them in what manner their Deliverance was effected; and, as a general Shout of Joy resounded through the neighbouring Mountains, Fidus, lifting up his Eyes, beheld in the midst of the Multitude, standing in a pensive Posture, the fair Disconsolate. Her tender Heart was at that Instant overflowing in soft Tears, caused by a kind Participation of their present Transport, yet mixed with the deep sad Impression of a Grief her Bosom was full fraught with. Her Face, at first, was almost hid by her white Handkerchief, with which she wiped away the trickling Drops, which falling, had bedew'd her beauteous Cheeks. But as she turned her lovely Face to view the joyful Conquerors, and to speak a Welcome to her kind Protector, what Words can speak the Raptures, the Astonishment, that swell'd the Bosom of the faithful Youth, when in this fair Disconsolate he saw his loved, his constant, his long-lost Amata! Their delighted Eyes in the same instant beheld each other, and, breaking on each side from their astonished Friends, they flew like Lightning into each other's arms (64-5)

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14 entries in ESTC (1749, 1751, 1752, 1758, 1769, 1779, 1781, 1789, 1791).

Text from The Governess; or, Little Female Academy. Being the History of Mrs. Teachum, and Her Nine Girls. With Their Nine Days Amusement. Calculated for the Entertainment and Instruction of Young Ladies in Their Education. By the Author of David Simple. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by A. Millar, in the Strand, 1749). <Link to ESTC>

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