The Works of Henry Fielding - Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 by Henry Fielding
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_Griz_. What means my lovely Huncamunca?
_Hunc_. Hum! _Griz_. Oh! speak. _Hunc_. Hum! _Griz_. Ha! your every word is hum: [1] You force me still to answer you, Tom Thumb. Tom Thumb--I'm on the rack--I'm in a flame. [2]Tom Thumb, Tom Thumb, Tom Thumb--you love the name; So pleasing is that sound, that were you dumb, You still would find a voice to cry Tom Thumb. [Footnote 1: Your every answer still so ends in that, You force me still to answer you Morat. --_Aurengzebe_. ] [Footnote 2: Morat, Morat, Morat! you love the name.--_Aurengzebe_.] _Hunc_. Oh! be not hasty to proclaim my doom! My ample heart for more than one has room: A maid like me Heaven form'd at least for two. [1]I married him, and now I'll marry you. [Footnote 1: "Here is a sentiment for the virtuous Huncamunca!" says Mr D----s. And yet, with the leave of this great man, the virtuous Panthea, in Cyrus, hath an heart every whit as ample: |
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