"He was very bad at acting any Part that was not quite sincere; but the present Confusion of her Mind was so great, she could not distinguish very clearly; and not knowing he was acquainted with what had passed between her and her Confidant, his Behaviour threw her into a great Consternation, and had so much the desired Effect of piquing her Vanity, that I verily believe, had his Design been to have gained her, and could he have taken the pains to have turned about, and made a sudden Transition in her Mind, from the Uneasiness his Coldness gave her Pride, to a Triumph in a certain Conquest of him, joined to the Love which she really had for him, notwithstanding it was not her predominant Passion, he might have carried her wherever he pleased."
A Journey from this World to the Next [from Miscellanies]
At least 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1743, 1754, 1758, 1762, 1783, 1798).<br>
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See <u>Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for the Author, 1743).