 | Henry Fielding - England - 1749 - 312 pages
...Happinefs, and Vice to Mifery in this World. A very wholfome and comfortable K 2 Doclrine, DodVme, and to which we have but one Objection, namely, That it is not true. . . Indeed if by Virtue thefe Writers mean, the Exercife of thofc Cardinal Virtues, which like good Houfe- wives flay at home,... | |
 | Henry Fielding - English fiction - 1780 - 438 pages
...teach that virtue is the certain road to happinefs, and vice to mifery, in this world. A very wholefome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but...namely, that it is not true. Indeed, if by virtue thefe writers mean the exercife of thofe cardinal virtues, which like good houfe-wives ftay at home,... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1791 - 412 pages
...teach that virtue is the certain road to happinefs, and vice to mifery, in this world. A very wholefome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but...namely, That it is not true. Indeed , if by virtue thefe writers mean the cxercife of thofe cardinal virtues, which like good houfewives ftay at home,... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 566 pages
...BOOK XV. In which the History advances about Two Day*. CHAP. I. Too short to need a Preface. JL HERE are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who...true. Indeed, if by virtue these writers mean the ex-. ercisc of those cardinal virtues, which like good housewives stay at home, and mind only the business... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 846 pages
...BOOK XV. In rehich the History advances about Two Days. CHAP. I. Too short to need a Preface. THERE is a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who teach,...the exercise of those cardinal virtues, which, like pood housewives, stay at home, and mind only the business of their own family, I shall very readily... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1857 - 456 pages
...subject of the following book. BOOK XV. IN WHICH THE HISTORY ADVANCES ABOUT TWO DAYS. CHAPTER I. 7*oo short to need a preface. THERE are a set of religious,...have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. and mind only the business of their own family, I shall very readily concede the point ; for so surely... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1890 - 464 pages
...those will be the subject of the following book. BOOK XV. In which the hittory advances about two days. CHAPTER I. Too short to need a preface. THERE are...true. Indeed , if by virtue these writers mean the eiercise of those cardinal virtues , which, like good housewives, stay at home, and mind only the business... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1902 - 746 pages
...[46] BOOK XV IN WHICH THE HISTORY ADVANCES ABOUT TWO LAYS. CHAPTER ONE TOO SHORT TO NEED A PREFACE. 1 are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who...stay at home, and mind only the business of their own t family, I shall very readily concede the point ; for so surely do all these contribute and lead to... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1903 - 378 pages
...book. BOOK XV 7JV WHICH THE HISTORY ADVANCES ABOUT TWO DAYS. CHAPTER ONE TOO SHORT TO NEED A PREFACE. I are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who...stay at home, and mind only the business of their own t family, I shall very readily concede the point ; for so surely do all these contribute and lead to... | |
 | American fiction - 1919 - 548 pages
...the certain road to happiness and vice to misery in this world." This, he remarks sarcastically, is "a very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to...have but one objection, namely, that it is not true." Fielding was not alone in his attack on Poetic Justice: Addison knocked a few chips off it, and so... | |
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A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. 
