The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams: Written in Invitation of the Manner of Cervantes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Cf her taunt that he was capable of sharing a rapture with his maid. Mr. Saintsbury's comment on this takes the shape of a quota tion: Which many has. Tia but three words long; yet is it long enough. Her Ladyship, by the way, had a mortal contempt for Mr. Pope, the poet; but she nowhere goes so far as to reproach him with his capacity for sharing a rapture with a tainted harlot. (see post, pp. Mviii-m, my note on Colley Cibber.) But then, you see, Mr. Pope had begun by solemnly, even ardently, making love to her; and, so far as we know, her cousin had not.

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