Excerpt from Shamela about a Foolish Tendency of Women
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Title
Excerpt from Shamela about a Foolish Tendency of Women
Subject
After reading a concerned letter from Parson Williams describing his commitment to her, Shamela writes to her mother that though he doesn't show his love through shallow, obvious indications, he is as in love with her as a man can be.
Description
Shamela purports that women are foolish if they fall in love with a man because of his riches instead of dutifully choosing to respect and honor the clergy as a well-behaved woman should.
Creator
Henry Fielding
Source
Fielding, Henry. An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, Conny Keyber, London, 1741. ProQuest, http://prx.library.gatech.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/docview/2138575994?accountid=11107.
Publisher
Conny Keyber
Date
1741
Contributor
Sarah Sorme
Relation
Shamela
Format
Book
Language
English
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Text
You find, Mamma, what a charming way he hath of Writing, and yet I assure you, that is not the most charming thing belonging to him: For, tho' he doth not put any Dears, and Sweets, and Loves into his Letters, yet he says a thousand of them: For he can be as fond of a Woman, as any Man living.
Sure Women are great Fools, when they prefer a laced Coat to the Clergy, whom it is our Duty to honour and respect.
Original Format
Book
Citation
Henry Fielding, “Excerpt from Shamela about a Foolish Tendency of Women,” Enlightenmens, accessed April 1, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/401.