The Works of Henry Fielding - Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 by Henry Fielding
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I was form'd Of that coarse metal which, when she was made The gods threw by for rubbish.--_All for Love_. In another of dough: When the gods moulded up the paste of man, Some of their clay was left upon their hands, And so they made Egyptians.--_Cleomenes_. In another of clay: --Rubbish of remaining clay.--_Sebastian_. One makes the soul of wax: Her waxen soul begins to melt apace.--_Anna Bullen_. Another of flint: Sure our two souls have somewhere been acquainted In former beings, or, struck out together, One spark to Africk flew, and one to Portugal.--_Sebastian_. To omit the great quantities of iron, brazen, and leaden souls, which are so plenty in modern authors--I cannot omit the dress of a soul as we find it in Dryden: Souls shirted but with air.--_King Arthur_. |
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