An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
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Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English novelist, dramatist, and prominent magistrate. He was born into noble lineage, yet was cut off from his allowance as a young man and subsequently began a career writing plays. He wrote over 25 dramatic works, primarily satires addressing political injustice. When Fielding's career as a playwright ended with new censorship laws, he turned to writing fiction. His work as a novelist is considered to have ushered in a new genre of literature. Among his best known masterpieces are The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild (1743) and The History of Tom Jones (1749).
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An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews - Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Table of Contents
To Miss Fanny , &c.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The Editor to Himself .
John Puff , Esq; to the Editor .
Parson Tickletext to Parson Oliver .
Parson Oliver to Parson Tickletext .
LETTER I.
Shamela Andrews to Mrs. Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews at her Lodgings at the Fan and Pepper-Box in Drury-Lane.
LETTER II.
Shamela Andrews to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
LETTER III.
Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews to Shamela Andrews .
LETTER IV.
Shamela Andrews to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
LETTER V.
Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews to Shamela Andrews .
LETTER VI.
Shamela Andrews to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
Thursday Night, Twelve o'Clock.
Friday Morning.
LETTER VII.
Mrs. Lucretia Jervis to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
LETTER VIII.
Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews to Lucretia Jervis .
LETTER IX.
Shamela Andrews to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
Parson Williams to Pamela Andrews .
LETTER X.
Shamela Andrews to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
Squire Booby to Pamela .
LETTER XI.
Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews to Shamela Andrews .
LETTER XII.
Shamela Andrews to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
Parson Williams to Pamela .
Parson Williams to Squire Booby .
Shamela Booby to Henrietta Maria Honora Andrews .
Parson Tickletext to Parson Oliver .
To Miss Fanny, &c.
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Madam,
It will be naturally expected, that when I write the Life of Shamela, I should dedicate it to some young Lady, whose Wit and Beauty might be the proper Subject of a Comparison with the Heroine of my Piece. This, those, who see I have done it in prefixing your Name to my Work, will much more confirmedly expect me to do; and, indeed, your Character would enable me to run some Length into a Parallel, tho' you, nor any one else, are at all like the matchless Shamela.
You see, Madam, I have some Value for your Good-nature, when in a Dedication, which is properly a Panegyrick, I speak against, not for you; but I remember it is a Life which I am presenting you, and why should I expose my Veracity to any Hazard in the Front of the Work, considering what I have done in the Body. Indeed, I wish it was possible to write a Dedication, and get any thing by it, without one Word of Flattery; but since it is not, come on, and I hope to shew my Delicacy at least in the Compliments I intend to pay you.
First, then, Madam, I must tell the World, that you have tickled up and brightned many Strokes in this Work by your Pencil.
Secondly, You have intimately conversed with me, one of the greatest Wits and Scholars of my Age.
Thirdly, You keep very good Hours, and frequently spend an useful Day before others begin to enjoy it. This I will take my Oath on; for I am admitted to your Presence in a Morning before other People's Servants are up; when I have constantly found you reading in good Books; and if ever I have drawn you upon me, I have always felt you very heavy.
Fourthly, You have a Virtue which enables you to rise early and study hard, and that is, forbearing to over-eat yourself, and this in spite of all the luscious Temptations of Puddings and Custards, exciting the Brute (as Dr. Woodward calls it) to rebel. This is a Virtue which I can greatly admire, though I much question whether I could imitate it.
Fifthly, A Circumstance greatly to your Honour, that by means of your extraordinary Merit and Beauty; you was carried into the Ball-Room at the Bath, by the discerning Mr. Nash; before the Age that other young Ladies generally arrived at that Honour, and while your Mamma herself existed in her perfect Bloom. Here you was observed in Dancing to balance your Body exactly, and to weigh every Motion with the exact and equal Measure of Time and Tune; and though you sometimes made a false Step, by leaning too much to one Side; yet every body said you would one time or other, dance perfectly well, and uprightly.
Sixthly, I cannot forbear mentioning those pretty little Sonnets, and sprightly Compositions, which though they came from you with so much Ease, might be mentioned to the Praise of a great or grave Character.
And now, Madam, I have done with you; it only remains to pay