The Works of Henry Fielding - Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 by Henry Fielding
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none from any other. I'll keep them to their old diet.
_Mar. jun_. But suppose they won't feed on't? _Mar. sen_. Then it shall be crammed down their throats. _Mar. jun_. I wish, father, you would leave me that art for a legacy, since I am afraid I am like to have no other from you. _Mar. sen_. 'Tis buff, child, 'tis buff--true Corinthian brass; and, heaven be praised, tho' I have given thee no gold, I have given thee enough of that, which is the better inheritance of the two. Gold thou might'st have spent, but this is a lasting estate that will stick by thee all thy life. _Mar. jun_. What shall be done with that farce which was damned last night? _Mar. sen_. Give it them again to-morrow. I have told some persons of quality that it is a good thing, and I am resolved not to be in the wrong: let us see which will be weary first, the town of damning, or we of being damned. _Mar. jun_. Rat the town, I say. _Mar. sen_. That's a good boy; and so say I: but, prithee, what didst thou do with the comedy which I gave thee t'other day, that I thought a good one? _Mar. jun_. Did as you ordered me; returned it to the author, and |
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