The Works of Henry Fielding - Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 by Henry Fielding
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SCENE V.--GRIZZLE, HUNCAMUNCA. [1]_Griz_. Oh! Huncamunca, Huncamunca, oh! Thy pouting breasts, like kettle-drums of brass, Beat everlasting loud alarms of joy; As bright as brass they are, and oh, as hard. Oh! Huncamunca, Huncamunca, oh! [Footnote 1: This beautiful line, which ought, says Mr W----, to be written in gold, is imitated in the New Sophonisba: Oh! Sophonisba; Sophonisba, oh! Oh! Narva; Narva, oh! The author of a song called Duke upon Duke hath improved it: Alas! O Nick! O Nick, alas! Where, by the help of a little false spelling, you have two meanings in the repeated words. ] _Hunc_. Ha! dost thou know me, princess as I am, [1]That thus of me you dare to make your game? [Footnote 1: Edith, in the Bloody Brother, speaks to her lover in the |
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