"I often used to think myself inthe case……" — Sarah Fielding
"I often used to think myself inthe case of the fox-hunter, who, when he had toiled and sweated all day in the chase as if some unheard-of blessing was to crown his success, finds at last all he hasgot by his labor is a stinking nauseous animal. But my condition was yet worse than his; for he leaves the loathsome wretch to be torn by his hounds, whilst I was obliged to fondle mine, and meanly pretend him to be the object of my love."
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Sarah Fielding
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9 Quotes by Sarah Fielding
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The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination.
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I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great…
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The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
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[S]haring in common, without any thought of separate property, had ever been their friendly practice, from their first connection.
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