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The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding (1857)
The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding - 1857 Author:Henry Fielding Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: instant npon her arm ; whence she took it off with great indignation, and, having written her name with her pencil upon a piece of paper which she pinned to it, ... more »she bribed the maid to convey it into the empty bed of Mr. Jones, in which, if he did not find it, she charged her to take some method of conveying it before his eyes in the morning:. Then, having paid for what Mrs. Honour had eaten, in which bill was included an account for what she herself might have eaten, she mounted her horse, and once more assuring her companion that she was perfectly easy, continued her journey. CHAPTER VI. Containing, among other things, thr ingenuity of Partridge, the madness of Jona, and the fully of Fitzpatrick. It was now past five in the morning, and other company began to rise and come to the kitchen, -among whom were the sergeant and the coachman, who, being thoroughly reconciled, made a libation, or, in the English phrase, drank a hearty cup together. In this drinking, nothing more remarkable happened than the behaviour of Partridge, who, when the sergeant drank a health to King George, repeated only the word King; nor could he be brought to utter more; for though he was going to fight against his own cause, yet he could not be prevailed upon to drink against it. Mr. Jones, being now returned to his own bed (but from whence he returned we must beg to be excused relating), summoned Partridge from this agreeable company, who, after a ceremonious preface, having obtained leave to offer his advice, delivered himself as follows : " It is, sir, an old saying, and a true one., that a wise man may sometimes learn counsel from a fool; I wish, therefore, I might be so bold as to offer you my advice, which is, to return home again, and leave these horrida bella, these bloody wars,...« less