"[H]e bewailed her Loss with Groans,
which would have pierced any Heart but
those which are possessed by some People,
and are made of a certain Composition not
unlike Flint in its Hardness and other
Properties; for you may strike Fire from
them which will dart through the Eyes,
but they can never distil one Drop of
Water the same way."
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, And of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in Imitation of The Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote. In Two Volumes
Text from Henry Fielding, <u>The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, And of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in Imitation of The Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW114699258&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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See also Henry Fielding, <u>The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews</u> and <u>An Apology for the Life of Shamela Andrews</u>, ed. Douglas Brooks-Davies. World Classics Edition (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1980). 